# Bill Keith

> William Bradford "Bill" Keith was an American five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the stylistic development of the instrument. In the 1960s he introduced a variation on the popular "Scruggs style" of banjo playing which would soon become known as melodic style, or "Keith style". He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2015.

*American banjo player (1939–2015)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/bill-keith

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1939-12-20
- **Died:** 2015-10-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 9.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1851436/ (@nm1851436)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/672434)
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- [Bill Keith](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Keith)
- [Bill Keith (musician)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Keith_(musician))
- [Bill Keith](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Keith)
- [Bill Keith](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Keith)
- [Bill Keith (músico)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Keith_(m%C3%BAsico))
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e777b9a2-ef06-474a-a9fb-9e956a311cc9)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q362871)
- [Bill Keith](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2655308)

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