# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfred-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:11:41.255Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-ellis"
name: "Alfred Ellis"
slug: "alfred-ellis"
description: "Alfred James Rogers, known as Pee Wee Ellis due to his diminutive stature, was an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. With a background in jazz, he was a member of James Brown's band in the 1960s, appearing on many of Brown's recordings and co-writing hits like \"Cold Sweat\" and \"Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud\". He also worked with Van Morrison. Ellis resided in England for the last 30 years of his life."
tagline: "American saxophonist (1941–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pee_Wee_Ellis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-04-21"
deathDate: "2021-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.79870933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OfficialPeeWeeEllis"
    handle:    "OfficialPeeWeeEllis"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255021/"
    handle:    "nm0255021"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.peewee-ellis.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/303846"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "الفريد اليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Ellis"
    title: "Pee Wee Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Ellis"
    title: "Pee Wee Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Ellis"
    title: "Pee Wee Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Ellis"
    title: "Pee Wee Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Ellis"
    title: "Pee Wee Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Ellis"
    title: "Pee Wee Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Ellis"
    title: "Pee Wee Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Ellis"
    title: "Pee Wee Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Ellis"
    title: "Pee Wee Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee_Wee_Ellis"
    title: "Pee Wee Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6fd0f3e6-e490-449a-8573-f8f1fe551c8d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562981"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump