# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-willard-pryor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:32:53.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-willard-pryor"
name: "Arthur Willard Pryor"
slug: "arthur-willard-pryor"
description: "Arthur Willard Pryor was a trombone virtuoso, bandleader, and soloist with the Sousa Band. He was a prolific composer of band music, his best-known composition being \"The Whistler and His Dog\". In later life, he became a Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served on the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders during the 1930s."
tagline: "American bandleader, composer, virtuoso trombonist with the Sousa Band (1870–1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur_Pryor_001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1870-09-22"
deathDate: "1942-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.28895066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2z20RZ5wsoCFMxf6Ioh6Dv"
    handle:    "2z20RZ5wsoCFMxf6Ioh6Dv"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Arthur Pryor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Pryor"
    title: "Arthur Pryor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Arthur Pryor"
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    title: "Arthur Pryor"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump