# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-the-kid-emerson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:47:55.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-the-kid-emerson"
name: "Billy \"The Kid\" Emerson"
slug: "billy-the-kid-emerson"
description: "William Robert Emerson, known during his recording career as Billy \"The Kid\" Emerson and more recently as Rev. William R. Emerson, was an American R&B and rock and roll singer and songwriter turned preacher, best known for his 1955 song, \"Red Hot.\""
tagline: "American musician (1925-2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_The_Kid_Emerson.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: "1925-12-21"
deathDate: "2023-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.949785333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9827194/"
    handle:    "nm9827194"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/850213"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%22%D8%AB%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AF%22_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيلى \"ثى كيد\" اميرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Emerson"
    title: "Billy Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_%22The_Kid%22_Emerson"
    title: "Billy \"The Kid\" Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_%C2%AB_The_Kid_%C2%BB_Emerson"
    title: "Billy « The Kid » Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_%22The_Kid%22_Emerson"
    title: "Billy \"The Kid\" Emerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/81a480f8-2e71-4242-b0f5-55535b53db9f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863081"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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