# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-simpkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:09:28.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-simpkins"
name: "Andy Simpkins"
slug: "andy-simpkins"
description: "Andrew Simpkins was an American jazz bassist."
tagline: "American bassist (1932-1999)"
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: "1932-04-29"
deathDate: "1999-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.540029333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800859/"
    handle:    "nm0800859"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/253047"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Simpkins"
    title: "Andy Simpkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Simpkins"
    title: "Andy Simpkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Simpkins"
    title: "Andy Simpkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Simpkins"
    title: "Andy Simpkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Simpkins"
    title: "Andy Simpkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Simpkins"
    title: "Andrew Simpkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "アンディ・シンプキンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Simpkins"
    title: "Andy Simpkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e0f0eb03-464c-485f-99f5-fb177afcc6f0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q362781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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