# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-wills
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:32:46.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-wills"
name: "Bob Wills"
slug: "bob-wills"
description: "James Robert Wills was an American musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing. He was also noted for punctuating his music with his trademark \"ah-haa\" calls."
tagline: "American musician (1905–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Wills_photograph_-_Cropped.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: "1905-03-06"
deathDate: "1975-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.55808666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932278/"
    handle:    "nm0932278"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://bobwills.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills"
    title: "Bob Wills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills"
    title: "Bob Wills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Wills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Wills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Wills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills"
    title: "Bob Wills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Wills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Wills"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Wills"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump