# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-childers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:34:33.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-childers"
name: "Buddy Childers"
slug: "buddy-childers"
description: "Marion \"Buddy\" Childers was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and ensemble leader. Childers became famous in 1942 at the age of 16, when Stan Kenton hired him to be the lead trumpet in his band."
tagline: "American musician (1926–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_Childers%2C_Stan_Kenton_1947_or_1948_(Gottlieb_10248).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: "1926-02-12"
deathDate: "2007-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.339129333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2666878/"
    handle:    "nm2666878"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "بادي تشايلدرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Childers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Childers"
    title: "Buddy Childers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Childers"
    title: "Buddy Childers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Childers"
    title: "Buddy Childers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Childers"
    title: "Buddy Childers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%88%DB%8C_%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84%DA%88%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "بڈی چائلڈرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a6602ab4-388c-4636-be68-839a3b684bb8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1001166"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5697080"
    title: "Buddy Childers"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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