# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/betty-roche
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:15:43.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/betty-roche"
name: "Betty Roché"
slug: "betty-roche"
description: "Mary Elizabeth Roché was an American blues and jazz singer. Though she had a sporadic career, she became best known for her version of \"Take the 'A' Train\" with Duke Ellington, and, according to AllMusic, \"was famous for her strong, dramatic way of putting across blues material\"."
tagline: "American blues singer (1920–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Betty_Roche_Apr_1943.tif?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: "1920-01-09"
deathDate: "1999-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.39
  momentum:             4.772727272727272
  historical:           9.874190666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733911/"
    handle:    "nm0733911"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/322306"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "بيتى روتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%86%D9%87"
    title: "بتی روچه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Roche"
    title: "Betty Roche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Roch%C3%A9"
    title: "Betty Roché"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Roche"
    title: "Betty Roche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%86%D9%87"
    title: "بتی روچه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Roche"
    title: "Betty Roche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Roche"
    title: "Betty Roche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Роше, Бетти"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0dfa7ee5-e158-427c-8636-b2527c1fce9d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453546"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1422410"
    title: "Betty Roche"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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