Twistin' the Night Away
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"Twistin' the Night Away" is a 1962 upbeat rhythm and blues dance song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke that became one of his signature hits.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Twistin' the Night Away canonical | 1 |
| Twistin' the Night Away (album) | 1 |
| Twistin’ the Night Away | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4791069 — 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: Twistin' the Night Away Context triple: [Sam Cooke, notableWork, Twistin' the Night Away]
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A.
Double Talkin' Jive
"Double Talkin' Jive" is a hard rock song by Guns N' Roses, notable for its gritty lyrics and Spanish-influenced guitar work.
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B.
Shake, Rattle and Roll
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a pioneering rock and roll song popularized by Bill Haley & His Comets that helped bring the genre into mainstream American culture in the 1950s.
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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.
Satin Doll
"Satin Doll" is a classic jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington (with contributions from Billy Strayhorn and lyrics later added by Johnny Mercer) that has become one of his most frequently performed and recorded pieces.
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E.
Steppin' Out
"Steppin' Out" is a 1982 synth-pop and new wave song by English musician Joe Jackson, known for its sophisticated arrangement and depiction of urban nightlife.
- 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: Twistin' the Night Away Target entity description: "Twistin' the Night Away" is a 1962 upbeat rhythm and blues dance song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke that became one of his signature hits.
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A.
Double Talkin' Jive
"Double Talkin' Jive" is a hard rock song by Guns N' Roses, notable for its gritty lyrics and Spanish-influenced guitar work.
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B.
Shake, Rattle and Roll
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a pioneering rock and roll song popularized by Bill Haley & His Comets that helped bring the genre into mainstream American culture in the 1950s.
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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.
Satin Doll
"Satin Doll" is a classic jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington (with contributions from Billy Strayhorn and lyrics later added by Johnny Mercer) that has become one of his most frequently performed and recorded pieces.
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E.
Steppin' Out
"Steppin' Out" is a 1982 synth-pop and new wave song by English musician Joe Jackson, known for its sophisticated arrangement and depiction of urban nightlife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Twistin' the Night Away (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 6 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 9 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSRB | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| danceTheme | twist dancing ⓘ |
| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| era | early 1960s ⓘ |
| featuredInFilm |
Animal House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Innerspace NERFINISHED ⓘ The Green Hornet (2011 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
dance music
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasBside | One More Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Divine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rod Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ The Marvelettes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersionBy | Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedOn | Twistin' the Night Away (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
pop
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 2:41 ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | twist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with twist dance craze
ⓘ
dance-oriented rhythm and blues sound ⓘ |
| performer | Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerNationality | American ⓘ |
| producer |
Hugo Peretti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luigi Creatore NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | RCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1961 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1962-01-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| tempo | upbeat ⓘ |
| vocalist | Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Twistin' the Night Away Description of subject: "Twistin' the Night Away" is a 1962 upbeat rhythm and blues dance song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke that became one of his signature hits.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Twistin' the Night Away (album)
this entity surface form:
Twistin’ the Night Away