That Old Black Magic
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"That Old Black Magic" is a popular 1942 standard from the Great American Songbook, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, widely recorded by jazz and pop vocalists.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| That Old Black Magic canonical | 10 |
| That Old Black Magic / I Knew I Would Fall | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2529515 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: That Old Black Magic Context triple: [Johnny Mercer, wroteSong, That Old Black Magic]
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A.
Watermelon Man
"Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock that became one of his most famous and frequently covered tunes, blending soulful grooves with catchy, accessible melodies.
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B.
Isn't She Lovely
"Isn't She Lovely" is a popular 1976 soul and R&B song by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its joyful tribute to his newborn daughter and its distinctive harmonica and vocal performances.
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C.
The Night Club Lady
The Night Club Lady is a 1932 American mystery film, scripted by Robert Riskin, about a detective investigating a murder linked to a glamorous nightclub scene.
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D.
Sophisticated Lady
"Sophisticated Lady" is a classic jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, renowned for its lush harmonies and evocative, melancholic mood.
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E.
Unchain My Heart
"Unchain My Heart" is a classic rhythm and blues song popularized by Ray Charles, known for its soulful vocals and enduring influence in his repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: That Old Black Magic Target entity description: "That Old Black Magic" is a popular 1942 standard from the Great American Songbook, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, widely recorded by jazz and pop vocalists.
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A.
Watermelon Man
"Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock that became one of his most famous and frequently covered tunes, blending soulful grooves with catchy, accessible melodies.
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B.
Isn't She Lovely
"Isn't She Lovely" is a popular 1976 soul and R&B song by Stevie Wonder, celebrated for its joyful tribute to his newborn daughter and its distinctive harmonica and vocal performances.
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C.
The Night Club Lady
The Night Club Lady is a 1932 American mystery film, scripted by Robert Riskin, about a detective investigating a murder linked to a glamorous nightclub scene.
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D.
Sophisticated Lady
"Sophisticated Lady" is a classic jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, renowned for its lush harmonies and evocative, melancholic mood.
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E.
Unchain My Heart
"Unchain My Heart" is a classic rhythm and blues song popularized by Ray Charles, known for its soulful vocals and enduring influence in his repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
ⓘ
popular standard ⓘ song ⓘ |
| composer | Harold Arlen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeOfOrigin | 1940s ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1942 ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasEra | World War II era popular music ⓘ |
| hasForm | popular song form ⓘ |
| hasLyricsBy | Johnny Mercer ⓘ |
| hasMusicBy | Harold Arlen ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Billy Daniels
ⓘ
Bing Crosby ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Glenn Miller Orchestra ⓘ Judy Garland ⓘ Keely Smith ⓘ Louis Prima ⓘ Margaret Whiting ⓘ Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ |
| hasStyle | swing ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
infatuation
ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ spellbinding love ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyIncludedIn |
Great American Songbook
ⓘ
surface form:
Great American Songbook anthologies
|
| isStandardFor |
jazz vocalists
ⓘ
pop vocalists ⓘ |
| isWidelyRecorded | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Johnny Mercer ⓘ |
| partOf | Great American Songbook ⓘ |
| title | That Old Black Magic self-link ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1942 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: That Old Black Magic Description of subject: "That Old Black Magic" is a popular 1942 standard from the Great American Songbook, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, widely recorded by jazz and pop vocalists.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Herndon Mercer
this entity surface form:
That Old Black Magic / I Knew I Would Fall