# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/big-joe-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:30:51.210Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/big-joe-williams"
name: "Big Joe Williams"
slug: "big-joe-williams"
description: "Joseph Lee Williams was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over five decades, he recorded the songs \"Baby, Please Don't Go\", \"Crawlin' King Snake\", and \"Peach Orchard Mama\", among many others, for various record labels. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame on October 4, 1992."
tagline: "American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (1903–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Big_Joe_Williams_14_11_1971.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: "1903-10-16"
deathDate: "1982-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.22
  momentum:             1.575342465753425
  historical:           15.59971733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3085340/"
    handle:    "nm3085340"
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    title: "Big Joe Williams"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump