Blood, Sweat & Tears

E471668

band jazz-rock band musical group

Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American jazz-rock band known for its innovative fusion of rock, jazz, and soul, and for hits like "Spinning Wheel" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy."

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Label	Occurrences
Blood, Sweat & Tears canonical	10

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4808232 — 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: Blood, Sweat & Tears
Context triple: [Woodstock Festival 1969, performer, Blood, Sweat & Tears]

A. The 5th Dimension
The 5th Dimension is an American pop and R&B vocal group best known for its lush harmonies and late-1960s hits like "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" and "Up, Up and Away."
B. Sly & the Family Stone
Sly & the Family Stone was a pioneering American funk and soul band known for its innovative, genre-blending sound and influential role in the development of 1960s and 1970s popular music.
C. Atlanta Rhythm Section
Atlanta Rhythm Section is an American Southern rock band known for its polished sound and hits like "So Into You" and "Imaginary Lover," which gained popularity in the 1970s.
D. Freedom Singers
Freedom Singers were a vocal group associated with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) that used music to support and galvanize the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1960s.
E. The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in the early 1970s, known for their blend of rock, soul, and R&B and hits like "Listen to the Music" and "What a Fool Believes."
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: Blood, Sweat & Tears
Target entity description: Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American jazz-rock band known for its innovative fusion of rock, jazz, and soul, and for hits like "Spinning Wheel" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy."

A. The 5th Dimension
The 5th Dimension is an American pop and R&B vocal group best known for its lush harmonies and late-1960s hits like "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" and "Up, Up and Away."
B. Sly & the Family Stone
Sly & the Family Stone was a pioneering American funk and soul band known for its innovative, genre-blending sound and influential role in the development of 1960s and 1970s popular music.
C. Atlanta Rhythm Section
Atlanta Rhythm Section is an American Southern rock band known for its polished sound and hits like "So Into You" and "Imaginary Lover," which gained popularity in the 1970s.
D. Freedom Singers
Freedom Singers were a vocal group associated with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) that used music to support and galvanize the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1960s.
E. The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in the early 1970s, known for their blend of rock, soul, and R&B and hits like "Listen to the Music" and "What a Fool Believes."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	band ⓘ jazz-rock band ⓘ musical group ⓘ
activePeriodStart	1967 ⓘ
associatedAct	Al Kooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby Colomby NERFINISHED ⓘ David Clayton-Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Katz NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Album of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceivedFor	Blood, Sweat & Tears (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceivedYear	1970 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formedIn	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Al Kooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby Colomby NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Katz NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	horn rock ⓘ jazz ⓘ jazz rock ⓘ pop rock ⓘ rock ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasInstrument	bass guitar ⓘ brass section ⓘ drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ saxophone ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ
musicalStyle	fusion of rock, jazz, and soul ⓘ
notableMember	Al Kooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby Colomby NERFINISHED ⓘ David Clayton-Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Fisher NERFINISHED ⓘ Lew Soloff NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Katz NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	And When I Die NERFINISHED ⓘ Blood, Sweat & Tears (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Child Is Father to the Man NERFINISHED ⓘ God Bless the Child NERFINISHED ⓘ Hi-De-Ho NERFINISHED ⓘ Spinning Wheel NERFINISHED ⓘ You've Made Me So Very Happy NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalMember	Al Kooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby Colomby NERFINISHED ⓘ Dick Halligan NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Lipsius NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Weiss NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Fielder NERFINISHED ⓘ Randy Brecker NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Katz NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Woodstock Festival 1969 → performer → Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ

A&R Recording Studios, New York City → usedByArtist → Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ

Al Kooper → memberOf → Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ

Al Kooper → founderOf → Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ

Al Kooper → associatedAct → Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ

Chicago (band) → hasAssociatedAct → Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ

subject surface form: Chicago

Fire and Rain → hasCoverVersionBy → Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ

Roy Halee → workedWith → Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ

Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) → madeFamousBy → Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ

Laura Nyro → songCoveredBy → Blood, Sweat & Tears ⓘ

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