David Kershenbaum
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David Kershenbaum is an American record producer known for his work with prominent artists across folk, rock, and pop music since the 1970s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Kershenbaum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4808114 — 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: David Kershenbaum Context triple: [Diamonds & Rust, producer, David Kershenbaum]
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A.
Peter Kornbluh
Peter Kornbluh is an American historian and investigative journalist known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and declassified government documents, particularly regarding Latin America.
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B.
Andrew Weisblum
Andrew Weisblum is an American film editor known for his work on major feature films, including collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson.
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C.
David Kahne
David Kahne is an American record producer and engineer known for his work with major artists across rock and pop, including Paul McCartney.
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D.
Michael Aizenman
Michael Aizenman is a mathematical physicist renowned for his influential work in statistical mechanics, probability theory, and quantum field theory.
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E.
Max Löwenthal
Max Löwenthal was a German lawyer and civil servant best known as the first husband of Elsa Einstein, who later married Albert Einstein.
- 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: David Kershenbaum Target entity description: David Kershenbaum is an American record producer known for his work with prominent artists across folk, rock, and pop music since the 1970s.
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A.
Peter Kornbluh
Peter Kornbluh is an American historian and investigative journalist known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and declassified government documents, particularly regarding Latin America.
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B.
Andrew Weisblum
Andrew Weisblum is an American film editor known for his work on major feature films, including collaborations with directors like Darren Aronofsky and Wes Anderson.
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C.
David Kahne
David Kahne is an American record producer and engineer known for his work with major artists across rock and pop, including Paul McCartney.
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D.
Michael Aizenman
Michael Aizenman is a mathematical physicist renowned for his influential work in statistical mechanics, probability theory, and quantum field theory.
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E.
Max Löwenthal
Max Löwenthal was a German lawyer and civil servant best known as the first husband of Elsa Einstein, who later married Albert Einstein.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
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record producer ⓘ |
| activeSince | 1970s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award (producer, associated with Tracy Chapman’s debut album success) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
artist and repertoire
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music production ⓘ |
| genre |
folk music
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pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
A&R and production work in the 1970s and 1980s
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helping launch Tracy Chapman’s commercial career ⓘ |
| notablePeriod |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ late 1970s ⓘ |
| notableWork | production of Tracy Chapman’s debut album "Tracy Chapman" ⓘ |
| occupation |
A&R executive
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music executive ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| producerOf |
Bryan Adams – early recordings (selected tracks)
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Cat Stevens – selected recordings NERFINISHED ⓘ Duran Duran – "Seven and the Ragged Tiger" (selected mixes / versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Duran Duran – "The Reflex" (U.S. mixes / versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Elton John – selected recordings / mixes ⓘ Joan Baez – selected recordings NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Jackson – "I’m the Man" NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Jackson – "Look Sharp!" NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Jackson – "Night and Day" (selected tracks / mixes) NERFINISHED ⓘ Joshua Kadison – "Painted Desert Serenade" (selected tracks / production) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Loggins – selected recordings ⓘ Supertramp – selected recordings / mixes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Police – remix / production work (selected tracks) ⓘ Tori Amos – early material / demos (industry work) ⓘ Tracy Chapman – "Crossroads" NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy Chapman – "Tracy Chapman" NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy Chapman – single "Baby Can I Hold You" NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy Chapman – single "Fast Car" NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy Chapman – single "Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution" ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Bryan Adams
NERFINISHED
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Cat Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Duran Duran NERFINISHED ⓘ Elton John NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Baez NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Joshua Kadison NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenny Loggins NERFINISHED ⓘ Supertramp NERFINISHED ⓘ The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracy Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: David Kershenbaum Description of subject: David Kershenbaum is an American record producer known for his work with prominent artists across folk, rock, and pop music since the 1970s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Diamonds & Rust