# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-higgins
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:28:31.928Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-higgins"
name: "Billy Higgins"
slug: "billy-higgins"
description: "Billy Higgins was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop."
tagline: "American jazz drummer (1936–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Higgins.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: "1936-10-11"
deathDate: "2001-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.02
  momentum:             15
  historical:           16.304364
  currentAttention:     4.68
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيلى هيجينز (عازف جاز من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins_(batteur)"
    title: "Billy Higgins (batteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "בילי היגינס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%82%AE%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ビリー・ヒギンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%8C%EB%A6%AC_%ED%9E%88%EA%B8%B4%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "빌리 히긴스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Higgins"
    title: "Billy Higgins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/53019232-166e-4788-8b13-23e60ffced44"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324522"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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