Mike Reno
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Mike Reno is a Canadian rock singer best known as the lead vocalist of the band Loverboy and for his prominent contributions to 1980s rock and soundtrack hits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mike Reno canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8776600 — 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)
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Target entity: Mike Reno Context triple: [Tears Are Not Enough, performedBy, Mike Reno]
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A.
Jeff Timmons
Jeff Timmons is an American singer and founding member of the pop and R&B boy band 98 Degrees.
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B.
Mike Andrews
Mike Andrews is a former Major League Baseball second baseman best known for his time with the Boston Red Sox during their famed "Impossible Dream" 1967 season.
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C.
Mick Rogers
Mick Rogers is an Australian former professional road cyclist known for his time-trialling strength and multiple world championship titles in the team time trial.
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D.
Mike Krieger
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the photo-sharing social media platform Instagram.
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E.
David Michaels
David Michaels is a television producer and director best known for his work on sports and entertainment broadcasts and as the brother of famed sportscaster Al Michaels.
- 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: Mike Reno Target entity description: Mike Reno is a Canadian rock singer best known as the lead vocalist of the band Loverboy and for his prominent contributions to 1980s rock and soundtrack hits.
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A.
Jeff Timmons
Jeff Timmons is an American singer and founding member of the pop and R&B boy band 98 Degrees.
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B.
Mike Andrews
Mike Andrews is a former Major League Baseball second baseman best known for his time with the Boston Red Sox during their famed "Impossible Dream" 1967 season.
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C.
Mick Rogers
Mick Rogers is an Australian former professional road cyclist known for his time-trialling strength and multiple world championship titles in the team time trial.
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D.
Mike Krieger
Mike Krieger is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur and software engineer best known as the co-founder and former CTO of the photo-sharing social media platform Instagram.
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E.
David Michaels
David Michaels is a television producer and director best known for his work on sports and entertainment broadcasts and as the brother of famed sportscaster Al Michaels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian musician
ⓘ
human ⓘ rock singer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedBand | Loverboy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Juno Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bandMemberOf | Loverboy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Joseph Michael Rynoski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Ann Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-01-08 ⓘ |
| genre |
arena rock
ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hairColor | brown ⓘ |
| hasChild | Alex Reno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | vocals ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1980s soundtrack hits
ⓘ
powerful rock vocals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicGroupFormedWith |
Doug Johnson
NERFINISHED
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Matt Frenette NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Dean NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Mike Reno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableEra | 1980s rock ⓘ |
| notableRole | lead vocalist of Loverboy ⓘ |
| notableSongWithBand |
Hot Girls in Love
NERFINISHED
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Lovin' Every Minute of It NERFINISHED ⓘ Turn Me Loose NERFINISHED ⓘ Working for the Weekend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSoundtrackContribution |
Almost Paradise (from Footloose soundtrack)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heaven in Your Eyes (from Top Gun soundtrack) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Almost Paradise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heaven in Your Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ Hot Girls in Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Lovin' Every Minute of It NERFINISHED ⓘ Turn Me Loose NERFINISHED ⓘ Working for the Weekend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
singer
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songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
CBS Records
NERFINISHED
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Columbia Records ⓘ |
| residence | British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Catherine St. Germain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mike Reno Description of subject: Mike Reno is a Canadian rock singer best known as the lead vocalist of the band Loverboy and for his prominent contributions to 1980s rock and soundtrack hits.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.