# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:48:27.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-johnson"
name: "Buddy Johnson"
slug: "buddy-johnson"
description: "Woodrow Wilson \"Buddy\" Johnson was an American jump blues pianist and bandleader active from the 1930s through the 1960s. His songs were often performed by his sister Ella Johnson, most notably \"Since I Fell for You\", which became a jazz standard, as did \"Save Your Love For Me\"."
tagline: "American jazz and New York blues pianist and bandleader (1915–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_Johnson.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: "1915-01-10"
deathDate: "1977-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.98
  momentum:             17.32095490716181
  historical:           10.76677733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1882386/"
    handle:    "nm1882386"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بادی جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Johnson"
    title: "Buddy Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Johnson"
    title: "Buddy Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Johnson"
    title: "Buddy Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Johnson"
    title: "Buddy Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Johnson"
    title: "Buddy Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Johnson"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/62924f76-6c13-4e81-8c07-387acd278829"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q925459"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Buddy Johnson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump