Beale St. Blues
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"Beale St. Blues" is an alternate title for the classic American jazz and blues standard "Beale Street Blues," written by W.C. Handy and named after the famous Memphis street.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beale St. Blues canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8188720 — 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: Beale St. Blues Context triple: [Beale Street Blues, alternateTitleForm, Beale St. Blues]
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A.
Beale Streeters
The Beale Streeters were a loose collective of influential Memphis blues and R&B musicians in the 1940s–50s that helped shape the modern electric blues sound.
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B.
Perdido Street Blues
"Perdido Street Blues" is a classic New Orleans jazz composition closely associated with clarinetist Johnny Dodds and the early jazz tradition.
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C.
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1995 neo-noir mystery film starring Denzel Washington as private investigator Easy Rawlins, adapted from Walter Mosley’s novel of the same name.
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D.
Harlem Cycle
Harlem Cycle is a series of hardboiled crime novels by Chester Himes set in Harlem and featuring the detective duo Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.
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E.
The Blue Dahlia
The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 film noir crime drama, written by Raymond Chandler and starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, about a war veteran entangled in a murder mystery.
- 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: Beale St. Blues Target entity description: "Beale St. Blues" is an alternate title for the classic American jazz and blues standard "Beale Street Blues," written by W.C. Handy and named after the famous Memphis street.
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A.
Beale Streeters
The Beale Streeters were a loose collective of influential Memphis blues and R&B musicians in the 1940s–50s that helped shape the modern electric blues sound.
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B.
Perdido Street Blues
"Perdido Street Blues" is a classic New Orleans jazz composition closely associated with clarinetist Johnny Dodds and the early jazz tradition.
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C.
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1995 neo-noir mystery film starring Denzel Washington as private investigator Easy Rawlins, adapted from Walter Mosley’s novel of the same name.
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D.
Harlem Cycle
Harlem Cycle is a series of hardboiled crime novels by Chester Himes set in Harlem and featuring the detective duo Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones.
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E.
The Blue Dahlia
The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 film noir crime drama, written by Raymond Chandler and starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, about a war veteran entangled in a murder mystery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| alternateTitleOf | Beale Street Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Beale Street Historic District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Memphis blues ⓘ |
| composer | W. C. Handy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | W. C. Handy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
blues repertoire
ⓘ
later jazz standards ⓘ |
| hasKey |
commonly performed in Bb major
ⓘ
commonly performed in F major ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject |
Beale Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
life in Memphis ⓘ |
| hasMeter | 4/4 time ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | blues ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Benny Goodman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bessie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Teagarden NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Nat King Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ Preservation Hall Jazz Band NERFINISHED ⓘ Sidney Bechet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecordingLocation |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableStyle |
Dixieland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Orleans jazz ⓘ |
| hasStructure | 12-bar blues (in sections) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
African-American culture in the early 20th century
ⓘ
Southern United States life ⓘ urban nightlife ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Beale St. Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isInRepertoireOf |
Dixieland bands
ⓘ
swing bands ⓘ traditional jazz bands ⓘ |
| lyricist | W. C. Handy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Beale Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American songbook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Beale St. Blues Description of subject: "Beale St. Blues" is an alternate title for the classic American jazz and blues standard "Beale Street Blues," written by W.C. Handy and named after the famous Memphis street.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.