# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-boy-arnold
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:11:40.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-boy-arnold"
name: "Billy Boy Arnold"
slug: "billy-boy-arnold"
description: "William \"Billy Boy\" Arnold is an American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter. Arnold is a self-taught harmonica player and has worked with blues musicians such as Bo Diddley, Johnny Shines, Otis Rush, Earl Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and others."
tagline: "American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Boy_Arnold_(blues_musician).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: "1935-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.51
  momentum:             5.964912280701753
  historical:           14.69269466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3753275/"
    handle:    "nm3753275"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيلي بوي أرنولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيلى بوى ارنولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیلی بوی ارنولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boy_Arnold"
    title: "Billy Boy Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boy_Arnold"
    title: "Billy Boy Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boy_Arnold"
    title: "Billy Boy Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boy_Arnold"
    title: "Billy Boy Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "بیلی بوی آرنولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boy_Arnold"
    title: "Billy Boy Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boy_Arnold"
    title: "Billy Boy Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boy_Arnold"
    title: "Billy Boy Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boy_Arnold"
    title: "Billy Boy Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B9"
    title: "Арнольд, Билли Бой"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boy_Arnold"
    title: "Billy Boy Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Boy_Arnold"
    title: "Billy Boy Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Біллі Бой Арнольд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c67fa84e-f846-4f49-b0b2-3c2d2ceeb773"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324080"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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