# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bunny-berigan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:51:09.151Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bunny-berigan"
name: "Bunny Berigan"
slug: "bunny-berigan"
description: "Roland Bernard \"Bunny\" Berigan was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader who rose to fame during the swing era. Although he composed some jazz instrumentals such as \"Chicken and Waffles\" and \"Blues\", Berigan was best known for his virtuoso jazz trumpeting. His 1937 classic recording \"I Can't Get Started\" on RCA Victor was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1975. His career and influence were shortened by alcoholism which ended with his early death at the age of 33 from cirrhosis. His recordings of \"I Can't Get Started\" on Vocalion and \"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love\" were re-released in 1976 as part of the Columbia Records Hall of Fame series."
tagline: "American musician (1908-1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bunny_Berrigan.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: "1908-11-02"
deathDate: "1942-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.6
  momentum:             1.729212656364974
  historical:           10.79071733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075197/"
    handle:    "nm0075197"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Berigan"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Berigan"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Berigan"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Berigan"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Berigan"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Berigan"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Berigan"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Berigan"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Berigan"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Berigan"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0d99a768-4878-4d40-a264-205e7fe5d20a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491100"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3708865"
    title: "Bunny Berigan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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