Mildred Bailey
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Mildred Bailey was an influential American jazz singer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her warm, nuanced vocal style and pioneering role as one of the first female big band vocalists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mildred Bailey canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5886955 — 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: Mildred Bailey Context triple: [Leo Reisman, associatedAct, Mildred Bailey]
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A.
Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott was a Trinidadian-born American jazz and classical pianist, singer, and civil rights activist renowned for her virtuosity and trailblazing presence in film, television, and the nightclub scene of the mid-20th century.
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B.
Crystal Langhorne
Crystal Langhorne is an American former professional basketball player and WNBA All-Star known for her efficient post play and key contributions to multiple championship-contending teams.
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C.
Keely Smith
Keely Smith was an American jazz and pop singer best known for her work with Louis Prima in the 1950s and her cool, understated vocal style.
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D.
Dolores Hope
Dolores Hope was an American singer, philanthropist, and the longtime wife of entertainer Bob Hope, known for her charitable work and support of U.S. troops.
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E.
Mabel Mercer
Mabel Mercer was a renowned British-born cabaret singer celebrated for her subtle, conversational style and influential interpretations of the Great American Songbook.
- 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: Mildred Bailey Target entity description: Mildred Bailey was an influential American jazz singer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her warm, nuanced vocal style and pioneering role as one of the first female big band vocalists.
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A.
Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott was a Trinidadian-born American jazz and classical pianist, singer, and civil rights activist renowned for her virtuosity and trailblazing presence in film, television, and the nightclub scene of the mid-20th century.
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B.
Crystal Langhorne
Crystal Langhorne is an American former professional basketball player and WNBA All-Star known for her efficient post play and key contributions to multiple championship-contending teams.
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C.
Keely Smith
Keely Smith was an American jazz and pop singer best known for her work with Louis Prima in the 1950s and her cool, understated vocal style.
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D.
Dolores Hope
Dolores Hope was an American singer, philanthropist, and the longtime wife of entertainer Bob Hope, known for her charitable work and support of U.S. troops.
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E.
Mabel Mercer
Mabel Mercer was a renowned British-born cabaret singer celebrated for her subtle, conversational style and influential interpretations of the Great American Songbook.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
jazz singer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1951 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| birthName | Mildred Rinker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-02-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-12-12 ⓘ |
| employer | Paul Whiteman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Coeur d'Alene people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Native American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
swing music ⓘ traditional pop music ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ella Fitzgerald
NERFINISHED
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Patti Page NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | voice ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
NERFINISHED
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The Boswell Sisters (as collaborator) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | big band era ⓘ |
| name | Mildred Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname |
The Queen of Swing
NERFINISHED
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The Rockin' Chair Lady NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first female big band vocalists ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Georgia on My Mind
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lover, Come Back to Me NERFINISHED ⓘ More Than You Know NERFINISHED ⓘ Please Be Kind NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockin' Chair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
jazz musician
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| performerOf |
Georgia on My Mind
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart NERFINISHED ⓘ It's So Peaceful in the Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Lover, Come Back to Me NERFINISHED ⓘ More Than You Know NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Rockin' Chair NERFINISHED ⓘ Please Be Kind NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockin' Chair NERFINISHED ⓘ Someday Sweetheart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tekoa, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Poughkeepsie, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
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Decca Records ⓘ Vocalion Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Spokane, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling | Al Rinker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Benny Stafford
NERFINISHED
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Red Norvo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voiceType | contralto ⓘ |
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: Mildred Bailey Description of subject: Mildred Bailey was an influential American jazz singer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her warm, nuanced vocal style and pioneering role as one of the first female big band vocalists.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.