# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buck-clayton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:01:48.290Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buck-clayton"
name: "Buck Clayton"
slug: "buck-clayton"
description: "Wilbur Dorsey \"Buck\" Clayton was an American jazz trumpeter who was a member of Count Basie's orchestra. His principal influence was Louis Armstrong, first hearing the record \"Confessin' that I Love You\" as he passed by a shop window."
tagline: "American jazz trumpeter (1911-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BuckClayton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1911-11-12"
deathDate: "1991-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.55
  momentum:             1.115745568300313
  historical:           14.038376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165672/"
    handle:    "nm0165672"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "باك كلايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باك كلايتون"
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    title: "باک کلایتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buck Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton"
    title: "Buck Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton"
    title: "Buck Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton"
    title: "Buck Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton"
    title: "Buck Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton"
    title: "Buck Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton"
    title: "Buck Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton"
    title: "Buck Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "バック・クレイトン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton"
    title: "Buck Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Clayton"
    title: "Buck Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA"
    title: "Клейтон, Бак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3995a9db-3cbd-4da0-83a2-d18e6338fe95"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q999321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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