The Five Heartbeats
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The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 musical drama film about the rise and struggles of a fictional 1960s R&B vocal group, directed by and starring Robert Townsend.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Five Heartbeats canonical | 3 |
| The Five Heartbeats (film score) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9131827 — 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: The Five Heartbeats Context triple: [Newton Thomas Sigel, notableWork, The Five Heartbeats]
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A.
Anyone Who Had a Heart
"Anyone Who Had a Heart" is a classic 1963 pop ballad, most famously recorded by Dionne Warwick, that became one of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's signature hits.
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B.
Scenes from the Heart
Scenes from the Heart is a memoir-style book co-written by Swedish opera singer Malena Ernman and her family that chronicles their personal journey through climate activism and raising Greta Thunberg.
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C.
Beverly Hills Blues
"Beverly Hills Blues" is a song featured on the soundtrack of the American singing competition television series *The Voice*.
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D.
Three Hearts
Three Hearts is a soulful pop and electronic-infused studio album by British singer-songwriter Alex Clare.
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E.
With a Song in My Heart
"With a Song in My Heart" is a popular American standard from the 1929 musical "Spring Is Here," composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart and later widely recorded by jazz and pop artists.
- 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: The Five Heartbeats Target entity description: The Five Heartbeats is a 1991 musical drama film about the rise and struggles of a fictional 1960s R&B vocal group, directed by and starring Robert Townsend.
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A.
Anyone Who Had a Heart
"Anyone Who Had a Heart" is a classic 1963 pop ballad, most famously recorded by Dionne Warwick, that became one of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's signature hits.
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B.
Scenes from the Heart
Scenes from the Heart is a memoir-style book co-written by Swedish opera singer Malena Ernman and her family that chronicles their personal journey through climate activism and raising Greta Thunberg.
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C.
Beverly Hills Blues
"Beverly Hills Blues" is a song featured on the soundtrack of the American singing competition television series *The Voice*.
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D.
Three Hearts
Three Hearts is a soulful pop and electronic-infused studio album by British singer-songwriter Alex Clare.
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E.
With a Song in My Heart
"With a Song in My Heart" is a popular American standard from the 1929 musical "Spring Is Here," composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart and later widely recorded by jazz and pop artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | loosely on experiences of The Dells ⓘ |
| castMember |
Chuck Patterson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diahann Carroll NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry J. Lennix NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawthorne James NERFINISHED ⓘ John Canada Terrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Leon Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Townsend NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Fegan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tico Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Townsend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresGenreOfMusic |
R&B
ⓘ
soul music ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ musical drama ⓘ musical film ⓘ |
| hasFictionalGroup | The Five Heartbeats (group) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
addiction
ⓘ
fame ⓘ friendship ⓘ loyalty ⓘ music business corruption ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | The Dells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African-American musicians
ⓘ
fictional R&B vocal group ⓘ music industry ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Stanley Clarke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Dells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | rise and fall of a vocal group ⓘ |
| producer |
Robert Townsend
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warrington Hudlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1991 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 121 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Keenen Ivory Wayans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Townsend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Five Heartbeats (film score)