# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/big-maybelle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:14:02.021Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/big-maybelle"
name: "Big Maybelle"
slug: "big-maybelle"
description: "Mabel Louise Smith, known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer. Her 1956 hit single \"Candy\" received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999."
tagline: "American R&B singer and pianist (1924–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Big_Maybelle.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: "1924-05-01"
deathDate: "1972-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.83
  momentum:             7.109999999999999
  historical:           10.78866533333333
  currentAttention:     1.6
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562228/"
    handle:    "nm0562228"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7yJXicqUOMPY5Iofua29C0"
    handle:    "7yJXicqUOMPY5Iofua29C0"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيج مايبيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maybelle"
    title: "Big Maybelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maybelle"
    title: "Big Maybelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maybelle"
    title: "Big Maybelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maybelle"
    title: "Big Maybelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maybelle"
    title: "Big Maybelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maybelle"
    title: "Big Maybelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maybelle"
    title: "Big Maybelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Maybelle"
    title: "Big Maybelle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B3_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Биг Мэйбелл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/55a434d9-d3d3-462f-9aa9-749938dcf172"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2677246"
    title: "Big Maybelle"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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