# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/big-maceo-merriweather
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:05:40.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/big-maceo-merriweather"
name: "Big Maceo Merriweather"
slug: "big-maceo-merriweather"
description: "Major \"Big Maceo\" Merriweather was an American pianist and blues singer. He was mainly active in Chicago through the 1940s."
tagline: "American Chicago blues pianist and singer (1905–1953)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/American_blues_pianist_Big_Maceo_Merriweather.png"
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: "1905-03-31"
deathDate: "1953-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.19
  momentum:             0.2586206896551724
  historical:           9.216380000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1857613/"
    handle:    "nm1857613"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/322319"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B0%D8%B1"
    title: "بيج ماسيو ميريويذر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B3_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Биг Масео Мериуедър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maceo_Merriweather"
    title: "Big Maceo Merriweather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maceo_Merriweather"
    title: "Big Maceo Merriweather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maceo_Merriweather"
    title: "Big Maceo Merriweather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maceo_Merriweather"
    title: "Big Maceo Merriweather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maceo_Merriweather"
    title: "Big Maceo Merriweather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AA"
    title: "ビッグ・メイシオ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maceo_Merriweather"
    title: "Big Maceo Merriweather"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8f6719e0-9a9c-4bf5-b8e2-b61c7d413cb5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166010"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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