# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bessie-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:04:14.422Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bessie-jones"
name: "Bessie Jones"
slug: "bessie-jones"
description: "Mary Elizabeth Jones was an American gospel and folk singer credited with helping to bring folk songs, games and stories to wider audiences in the 20th century. Alan Lomax, who first encountered Jones on a field recording trip in 1959, said, \"She was on fire to teach America. In my heart, I call her the Mother Courage of American Black traditions.\""
tagline: "American folk musician and gospel singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AT_HOME_ON_ST._SIMON'S_ISLAND-RENOWNED_GOSPEL_SINGER_BESSIE_JONES_AND_TWO_GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN_-_NARA_-_546994.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1902-02-08"
deathDate: "1984-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.21
  momentum:             2.955612619222303
  historical:           8.154609333333333
  currentAttention:     4.24
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3169273/"
    handle:    "nm3169273"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/250290"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "بيسي جونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Jones"
    title: "Bessie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Jones_(American_singer)"
    title: "Bessie Jones (American singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Jones"
    title: "Bessie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Jones"
    title: "Bessie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Jones"
    title: "Bessie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Jones"
    title: "Bessie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Jones"
    title: "Bessie Jones"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dccb7df8-c7c9-4a8e-8afc-d038edf9e454"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q255222"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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