# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-may
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:22.977Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-may"
name: "Billy May"
slug: "billy-may"
description: "Edward William May Jr. was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for The Green Hornet (1966), The Mod Squad (1968), Batman, and Naked City (1960). He collaborated on films such as Pennies from Heaven (1981), and orchestrated Cocoon, and Cocoon: The Return, among others."
tagline: "American composer, arranger and trumpeter (1916–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_May.tif?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: "1916-11-10"
deathDate: "2004-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.29
  momentum:             1.237751418256834
  historical:           15.41177733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561877/"
    handle:    "nm0561877"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيلي ماي (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيلى ماى (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیلی می"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μπίλι Μέι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_May"
    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_May"
    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_May"
    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C"
    title: "بیلی می"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_May"
    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_May"
    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_May"
    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_May"
    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_May"
    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_May"
    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billy_May"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5146db52-8ac5-44e9-a89a-affdb76bbb0c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713273"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1535820"
    title: "Billy May"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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