# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:56:21.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-anderson"
name: "Bill Anderson"
slug: "bill-anderson"
description: "James William Anderson III is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television host. His soft-spoken singing voice earned him the nickname \"Whispering Bill\" from music critics and writers. As a songwriter, his compositions have been covered by various music artists since the late 1950s."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter (born 1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Anderson_-_2017_01.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: "1937-11-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           69.62
  momentum:             21.78523489932886
  historical:           11.07354933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 14500
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/whisperinbill"
    handle:    "whisperinbill"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/whisperinbillanderson/"
    handle:    "whisperinbillanderson"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gWNSMYCSHF4wxIs1XTSDh"
    handle:    "Bill Anderson"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/whisperinbill"
    handle:    "whisperinbill"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026416/"
    handle:    "nm0026416"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.billanderson.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChhSh39MqrYmwpb6r8znvqw"
    handle:    "@billanderson"
    followers: 14500
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/488518"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "بيل أندرسون (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيل اندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "بیل اندرسون (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anderson_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Bill Anderson (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anderson"
    title: "Bill Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anderson_(chanteur%2C_1937)"
    title: "Bill Anderson (chanteur, 1937)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anderson"
    title: "Bill Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anderson_(cantante)"
    title: "Bill Anderson (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anderson_(singer)"
    title: "Bill Anderson (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Anderson_(s%C3%A5ngare)"
    title: "Bill Anderson (sångare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/189ede50-9c85-48b8-bae2-cb44ccd5b5c9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861913"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1066389"
    title: "Bill Anderson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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