# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brownie-mcghee
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:27:42.750Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brownie-mcghee"
name: "Brownie McGhee"
slug: "brownie-mcghee"
description: "Walter Brown \"Brownie\" McGhee was an American folk and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry."
tagline: "American folk-blues singer and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brownie_McGhee_at_the_Nambassa_3_day_Music_%26_Alternatives_festival%2C_New_Zealand_1981._Photographer_Michael_Bennetts..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: "1915-11-30"
deathDate: "1996-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.70944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569185/"
    handle:    "nm0569185"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AC%D9%89"
    title: "برونى مكجى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_McGhee"
    title: "Brownie McGhee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_McGhee"
    title: "Brownie McGhee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_McGhee"
    title: "Brownie McGhee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_McGhee"
    title: "Brownie McGhee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_McGhee"
    title: "Brownie McGhee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ブラウニー・マギー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_McGhee"
    title: "Brownie McGhee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_McGhee"
    title: "Brownie McGhee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_McGhee"
    title: "Brownie McGhee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brownie_McGhee"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9d48cb68-cd4d-49fe-b7a8-d31deb678fe8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q950313"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9171"
    title: "Brownie McGhee"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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