# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-daniels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:56.279Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-daniels"
name: "Billy Daniels"
slug: "billy-daniels"
description: "William Boone Daniels was an American singer active in the United States and Europe from the mid-1930s to 1988, notable for his hit recording of \"That Old Black Magic\" and his pioneering performances on early 1950s television. He was one of the first African-American entertainers to cross over into the mainstream. Daniels was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1977."
tagline: "American singer (1915–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Daniels%2C_London_Palladium_1952.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: "1915-09-12"
deathDate: "1988-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.15
  momentum:             2.273730684326711
  historical:           7.286682666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199846/"
    handle:    "nm0199846"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://billydanielsfoundation.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/320614"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Daniels"
    title: "Billy Daniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Daniels"
    title: "Billy Daniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Daniels"
    title: "Billy Daniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Daniels"
    title: "Billy Daniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Daniels"
    title: "Billy Daniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "بلی ڈینیئلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fa485979-98c2-493d-be6d-b7e734e1453a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4912425"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116746"
    title: "Billy Daniels"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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