# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-black
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:45:22.615Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-black"
name: "Bill Black"
slug: "bill-black"
description: "William Patton Black Jr. was an American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll. He played in Elvis Presley's early trio, the Blue Moon Boys. Black later formed Bill Black's Combo."
tagline: "American bassist (1926–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Black.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: "1926-09-17"
deathDate: "1965-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.41858666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085193/"
    handle:    "nm0085193"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيل بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیل بلاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ビル・ブラック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%8C_%EB%B8%94%EB%9E%99"
    title: "빌 블랙"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Білл Блек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Black"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/83247072-1bc7-44d4-a11a-4fc649ddab13"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1251715"
    title: "Bill Black"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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