# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/big-bill-broonzy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:18:35.073Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/big-bill-broonzy"
name: "Big Bill Broonzy"
slug: "big-bill-broonzy"
description: "Big Bill Broonzy, later known as William Lee Broonzy, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s, when he played country music to mostly African-American audiences. In the 1930s and 1940s, he navigated a change in style to a more urban blues sound popular with working-class black audiences. In the 1950s, a return to his traditional folk-blues roots made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star. His long and varied career marks him as one of the key figures in the development of blues music in the 20th century."
tagline: "American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (1893–1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Big_Bill_Broonzy_(1951_publicity_photo).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1893-06-26"
deathDate: "1958-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.02808988764044944
  historical:           22.03741466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump