# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-doggett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:48:51.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-doggett"
name: "Bill Doggett"
slug: "bill-doggett"
description: "William Ballard Doggett was an American pianist and organist. He began his career playing swing music before transitioning into rhythm and blues. Best known for his instrumental compositions \"Honky Tonk\" and \"Hippy Dippy\", Doggett was a pioneer of rock and roll. He worked with the Ink Spots, Johnny Otis, Wynonie Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Jordan."
tagline: "American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist (1916-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Doggett.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: "1916-02-16"
deathDate: "1996-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.2
  momentum:             0.911983032873807
  historical:           11.17037733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيل دوجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Doggett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Doggett"
    title: "Bill Doggett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Doggett"
    title: "Bill Doggett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Doggett"
    title: "Bill Doggett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Doggett"
    title: "Bill Doggett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Doggett"
    title: "Bill Doggett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Doggett"
    title: "Bill Doggett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Doggett"
    title: "Bill Doggett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Doggett"
    title: "Bill Doggett"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326810"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump