The Stray Cats
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The Stray Cats are an American rockabilly revival band, best known for their early 1980s hits like "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town," which helped bring rockabilly back into mainstream popularity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Stray Cats canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10015745 — 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 Stray Cats Context triple: [Hicksville, New York, notablePersonAssociatedWith, The Stray Cats]
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A.
Curtis Knight and the Squires
Curtis Knight and the Squires was an R&B/rock band best known as one of Jimi Hendrix’s early groups, where he played guitar before achieving solo fame.
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B.
The Buckaroos
The Buckaroos were the backing band for country singer Buck Owens, known for helping define the Bakersfield sound in the 1960s.
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C.
The Tremeloes
The Tremeloes are a British beat group formed in the late 1950s, best known for their 1960s pop hits such as "Silence Is Golden" and "Here Comes My Baby."
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D.
The Blasters
The Blasters is the popular nickname of Kerala Blasters FC, a widely supported professional football club based in Kochi that competes in the Indian Super League.
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E.
The Blasters
The Blasters are an American rock band known for their high-energy blend of rockabilly, roots rock, and rhythm and blues that emerged from the early 1980s Los Angeles music scene.
- 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 Stray Cats Target entity description: The Stray Cats are an American rockabilly revival band, best known for their early 1980s hits like "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town," which helped bring rockabilly back into mainstream popularity.
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A.
Curtis Knight and the Squires
Curtis Knight and the Squires was an R&B/rock band best known as one of Jimi Hendrix’s early groups, where he played guitar before achieving solo fame.
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B.
The Buckaroos
The Buckaroos were the backing band for country singer Buck Owens, known for helping define the Bakersfield sound in the 1960s.
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C.
The Tremeloes
The Tremeloes are a British beat group formed in the late 1950s, best known for their 1960s pop hits such as "Silence Is Golden" and "Here Comes My Baby."
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D.
The Blasters
The Blasters is the popular nickname of Kerala Blasters FC, a widely supported professional football club based in Kochi that competes in the Indian Super League.
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E.
The Blasters
The Blasters are an American rock band known for their high-energy blend of rockabilly, roots rock, and rhythm and blues that emerged from the early 1980s Los Angeles music scene.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical group
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rockabilly band ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Brian Setzer Orchestra
NERFINISHED
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Phantom, Rocker & Slick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilationAlbum | Built for Speed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compilationAlbumReleaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| debutAlbum | Stray Cats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| formedIn |
1980
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Massapequa, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gainedPopularityIn | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
rock and roll
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rockabilly ⓘ rockabilly revival ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Brian Setzer
NERFINISHED
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Lee Rocker NERFINISHED ⓘ Slim Jim Phantom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedRevive | rockabilly ⓘ |
| notableSong |
(She’s) Sexy + 17
NERFINISHED
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I Won’t Stand in Your Way NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock This Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Runaway Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ Stray Cat Strut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
(She’s) Sexy + 17
NERFINISHED
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Built for Speed NERFINISHED ⓘ Rant n’ Rave with the Stray Cats NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock This Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Runaway Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ Stray Cat Strut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | musical performers ⓘ |
| originatedInScene | Long Island music scene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedIn | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Arista Records
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Capitol Records ⓘ EMI ⓘ |
| studioAlbum |
40
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Blast Off! NERFINISHED ⓘ Choo Choo Hot Fish NERFINISHED ⓘ Gonna Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ Original Cool NERFINISHED ⓘ Rant n’ Rave with the Stray Cats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioAlbumReleaseYear |
1981
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1983 ⓘ 1989 ⓘ 1992 ⓘ 1993 ⓘ 2019 ⓘ |
| styleFeature |
minimal drum kit
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upright bass slapping ⓘ vintage rockabilly image ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Stray Cats Description of subject: The Stray Cats are an American rockabilly revival band, best known for their early 1980s hits like "Stray Cat Strut" and "Rock This Town," which helped bring rockabilly back into mainstream popularity.
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