# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-selvin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:22:24.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-selvin"
name: "Ben Selvin"
slug: "ben-selvin"
description: "Benjamin Bernard Selvin was an American musician, bandleader, and record producer. He was known as the Dean of Recorded Music."
tagline: "American bandleader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Selvin.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: "1898-03-05"
deathDate: "1980-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.685206666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307405"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بين سيلڤين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Selvin"
    title: "Ben Selvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Selvin"
    title: "Ben Selvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Selvin"
    title: "Ben Selvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Selvin"
    title: "Ben Selvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Selvin"
    title: "Ben Selvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Selvin"
    title: "Ben Selvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/84733717-7fa8-43da-a6aa-259fa1f36eb0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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