Roll 'Em Pete
E608669
"Roll 'Em Pete" is a seminal 1938 boogie-woogie blues song, famously recorded by singer Joe Williams and pianist Pete Johnson, that became a cornerstone of early rhythm and blues.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roll 'Em Pete canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6655623 — 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: Roll 'Em Pete Context triple: [Joe Williams, notableWork, Roll 'Em Pete]
-
A.
Roll ’Em
"Roll ’Em" is a swinging jazz instrumental closely associated with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and the big band era.
-
B.
Shoot the Moon
Shoot the Moon is a 1982 American drama film about the emotional collapse of a long marriage and its impact on a family, directed by Alan Parker and starring Albert Finney and Diane Keaton.
-
C.
Shoot the Moon
Shoot the Moon is an EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, showcasing their melodic, fast-paced, and politically tinged punk sound.
-
D.
The Big Shot
"The Big Shot" is a 1942 American crime film noir starring Humphrey Bogart as a three-time loser drawn into one last ill-fated heist.
-
E.
Gamblin' Man
Gamblin' Man is an alternate title for the 1974 American drama film "Cockfighter," directed by Monte Hellman and starring Warren Oates as a dedicated but self-destructive cockfighting trainer.
- 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: Roll 'Em Pete Target entity description: "Roll 'Em Pete" is a seminal 1938 boogie-woogie blues song, famously recorded by singer Joe Williams and pianist Pete Johnson, that became a cornerstone of early rhythm and blues.
-
A.
Roll ’Em
"Roll ’Em" is a swinging jazz instrumental closely associated with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and the big band era.
-
B.
Shoot the Moon
Shoot the Moon is a 1982 American drama film about the emotional collapse of a long marriage and its impact on a family, directed by Alan Parker and starring Albert Finney and Diane Keaton.
-
C.
Shoot the Moon
Shoot the Moon is an EP by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, showcasing their melodic, fast-paced, and politically tinged punk sound.
-
D.
The Big Shot
"The Big Shot" is a 1942 American crime film noir starring Humphrey Bogart as a three-time loser drawn into one last ill-fated heist.
-
E.
Gamblin' Man
Gamblin' Man is an alternate title for the 1974 American drama film "Cockfighter," directed by Monte Hellman and starring Warren Oates as a dedicated but self-destructive cockfighting trainer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boogie-woogie song
ⓘ
rhythm and blues precursor ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kansas City jazz and blues scene ⓘ |
| composer | Pete Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs |
cornerstone of early rhythm and blues
ⓘ
seminal boogie-woogie blues song ⓘ |
| era | pre–World War II American popular music ⓘ |
| firstReleaseDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
boogie-woogie ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| hasForm | 12-bar blues ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
boogie-woogie piano
ⓘ
shouted blues vocal ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
boogie-woogie piano playing
ⓘ
dancing ⓘ nightlife ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
rhythm and blues
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Joe Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of R&B vocal style
ⓘ
influential boogie-woogie piano accompaniment ⓘ |
| originallyRecordedBy |
Joe Turner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pete Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Joe Turner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pete Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pianist | Pete Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| title | Roll 'Em Pete NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Joe Turner 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: Roll 'Em Pete Description of subject: "Roll 'Em Pete" is a seminal 1938 boogie-woogie blues song, famously recorded by singer Joe Williams and pianist Pete Johnson, that became a cornerstone of early rhythm and blues.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.