The Crosby Boys (singing group)
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The Crosby Boys were a mid-20th-century vocal group formed by several of Bing Crosby’s sons, known for performing popular standards and harmonies on television and in live shows.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Crosby Boys (singing group) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4609528 — 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)
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Target entity: The Crosby Boys (singing group) Context triple: [Lindsay Crosby, notableWork, The Crosby Boys (singing group)]
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A.
The Lettermen
The Lettermen are an American male vocal trio known for their smooth close-harmony pop ballads and romantic standards popular from the 1960s onward.
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B.
The New Christy Minstrels
The New Christy Minstrels are an American folk music group formed in the early 1960s, known for their choral arrangements and for launching the careers of several prominent artists.
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C.
The Clovers
The Clovers were a popular American R&B and doo-wop vocal group of the 1950s known for hits like "Love Potion No. 9" and their influential harmonies.
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D.
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio was a hugely influential American folk group whose polished harmonies and commercial success in the late 1950s and early 1960s helped spark the nationwide folk music boom.
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E.
Crowes
Crowes is a surname variant of Crowe, borne by various individuals and families of English or Irish origin.
- 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: The Crosby Boys (singing group) Target entity description: The Crosby Boys were a mid-20th-century vocal group formed by several of Bing Crosby’s sons, known for performing popular standards and harmonies on television and in live shows.
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A.
The Lettermen
The Lettermen are an American male vocal trio known for their smooth close-harmony pop ballads and romantic standards popular from the 1960s onward.
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B.
The New Christy Minstrels
The New Christy Minstrels are an American folk music group formed in the early 1960s, known for their choral arrangements and for launching the careers of several prominent artists.
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C.
The Clovers
The Clovers were a popular American R&B and doo-wop vocal group of the 1950s known for hits like "Love Potion No. 9" and their influential harmonies.
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D.
The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio was a hugely influential American folk group whose polished harmonies and commercial success in the late 1950s and early 1960s helped spark the nationwide folk music boom.
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E.
Crowes
Crowes is a surname variant of Crowe, borne by various individuals and families of English or Irish origin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
family musical group
ⓘ
vocal group ⓘ |
| activeIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American television variety shows
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Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | United States entertainment industry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| familyRelation | sons of Bing Crosby ⓘ |
| formedInPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| genre |
traditional pop
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vocal harmony ⓘ |
| hasParent | Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSiblingMembers |
Dennis Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindsay Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Phillip Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
appearances on television variety programs
ⓘ
performing as a group of Bing Crosby’s sons ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | English ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | crooner-style vocals ⓘ |
| notableFor |
close-harmony singing
ⓘ
live concert performances ⓘ performing popular standards ⓘ television appearances ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Dennis Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindsay Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Phillip Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerOf | American popular standards ⓘ |
| typeOfEnsemble | male vocal group ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Crosby Boys (singing group) Description of subject: The Crosby Boys were a mid-20th-century vocal group formed by several of Bing Crosby’s sons, known for performing popular standards and harmonies on television and in live shows.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.