Cotillion Records
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Cotillion Records was an American subsidiary label of Atlantic Records known for releasing influential R&B, soul, and disco music in the 1960s–1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotillion Records canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4942541 — 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: Cotillion Records Context triple: [Sister Sledge, recordLabel, Cotillion Records]
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A.
Cadet Records
Cadet Records was a Chicago-based soul and jazz record label, originally a subsidiary of Chess Records, known for releasing influential R&B and jazz albums in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Carrere Records
Carrere Records was a French independent record label known for signing and releasing music by various pop and rock acts, particularly in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Regal Recordings
Regal Recordings is a British record label known for signing prominent artists such as Lily Allen and releasing influential pop and alternative music.
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D.
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a British record label known for releasing a wide range of pop, rock, and jazz recordings, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Shanachie Records
Shanachie Records is an American independent record label known for releasing folk, world, jazz, and roots music.
- 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: Cotillion Records Target entity description: Cotillion Records was an American subsidiary label of Atlantic Records known for releasing influential R&B, soul, and disco music in the 1960s–1980s.
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A.
Cadet Records
Cadet Records was a Chicago-based soul and jazz record label, originally a subsidiary of Chess Records, known for releasing influential R&B and jazz albums in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Carrere Records
Carrere Records was a French independent record label known for signing and releasing music by various pop and rock acts, particularly in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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C.
Regal Recordings
Regal Recordings is a British record label known for signing prominent artists such as Lily Allen and releasing influential pop and alternative music.
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D.
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a British record label known for releasing a wide range of pop, rock, and jazz recordings, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Shanachie Records
Shanachie Records is an American independent record label known for releasing folk, world, jazz, and roots music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
record label
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subsidiary ⓘ |
| activePeriodEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| catalogType |
LPs
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singles ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributor | Atlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus |
R&B market
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disco market ⓘ soul market NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Atlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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disco ⓘ funk ⓘ gospel ⓘ jazz ⓘ rock ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| inception | 1968 ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| notableArtist |
Brook Benton
NERFINISHED
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Donny Hathaway NERFINISHED ⓘ Luther Vandross NERFINISHED ⓘ Major Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Velez NERFINISHED ⓘ Mavis Staples NERFINISHED ⓘ Sister Sledge NERFINISHED ⓘ Slave NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fatback Band NERFINISHED ⓘ The Impressions NERFINISHED ⓘ The Persuaders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
releasing influential R&B recordings in the 1960s–1980s
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releasing influential disco recordings in the 1970s–1980s ⓘ releasing influential soul recordings in the 1960s–1980s ⓘ |
| notableRelease |
"Love Won't Let Me Wait" by Major Harris
NERFINISHED
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"Slide" by Slave NERFINISHED ⓘ "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" by The Persuaders NERFINISHED ⓘ "Watching You" by Slave NERFINISHED ⓘ albums by Donny Hathaway ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Warner Communications
NERFINISHED
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Warner Music Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Atlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Atlantic Records Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
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: Cotillion Records Description of subject: Cotillion Records was an American subsidiary label of Atlantic Records known for releasing influential R&B, soul, and disco music in the 1960s–1980s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.