# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benny-morton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:24:20.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benny-morton"
name: "Benny Morton"
slug: "benny-morton"
description: "Benny Morton was an American jazz trombonist, most associated with the swing genre."
tagline: "American musician (1907-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Webster%2C_Eddie_Barefield%2C_Buck_Clayton%2C_Benny_Morton%2C_Famous_Door_NYC%2C_ca_October_1947_(Gottlieb).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: "1907-01-31"
deathDate: "1985-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.669942666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيني مورتون"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بينى مورتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Morton"
    title: "Benny Morton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Morton"
    title: "Benny Morton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Morton"
    title: "Benny Morton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Morton"
    title: "Benny Morton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Morton"
    title: "Benny Morton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9f619ba-09d5-4b83-8ecc-b69c0240b814"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352013"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump