# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-bang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:49:34.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-bang"
name: "Billy Bang"
slug: "billy-bang"
description: "Billy Bang, born William Vincent Walker, was an American free jazz violinist and composer."
tagline: "American musician (1947–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Bang.png?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: "1947-09-20"
deathDate: "2011-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.08319066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/174749"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "بيلي بانغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "ويليام ووكر (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82"
    title: "بیلی بانق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bang"
    title: "Billy Bang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bang"
    title: "Billy Bang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bang"
    title: "Billy Bang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bang"
    title: "Billy Bang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bang"
    title: "Billy Bang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bang"
    title: "Billy Bang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bang"
    title: "Billy Bang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b176b128-3a6f-442c-9e04-b3bdc83e32bf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719058"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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