# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boxcar-willie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:41:08.163Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boxcar-willie"
name: "Boxcar Willie"
slug: "boxcar-willie"
description: "Lecil Travis Martin, whose stage name was Boxcar Willie, was an American country music singer-songwriter, who sang in the \"old-time hobo\" music style, complete with overalls and a floppy hat. \"Boxcar Willie\" was originally a character in a ballad he wrote, but he later adopted it as his own stage name. His early musical career was parallel to service as an enlisted flight engineer in the United States Air Force."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Boxcar_Willie.jpg"
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: "1931-09-01"
deathDate: "1999-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.42
  momentum:             16.68199090179288
  historical:           8.306637333333333
  currentAttention:     7.96
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932187/"
    handle:    "nm0932187"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.boxcarwillie.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/693537"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "باکسکار ویلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxcar_Willie"
    title: "Boxcar Willie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxcar_Willie"
    title: "Boxcar Willie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "باکسکار ویلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxcar_Willie"
    title: "Boxcar Willie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxcar_Willie"
    title: "Boxcar Willie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxcar_Willie"
    title: "Boxcar Willie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/79ef92b5-3489-43cd-98fe-438c3077cbaf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323534"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1747010"
    title: "Boxcar Willie"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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