# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buster-bailey
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:30:24.524Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buster-bailey"
name: "Buster Bailey"
slug: "buster-bailey"
description: "William C. \"Buster\" Bailey was an American jazz clarinetist."
tagline: "American musician (1902-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Kirby%2C_Buster_Bailey%2C_Washington_DC%2C_May_1946_(Gottlieb).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: "1902-07-19"
deathDate: "1967-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.26
  momentum:             10
  historical:           10.55774133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047171/"
    handle:    "nm0047171"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/258698"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "باستر بيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "باستر بیلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bailey"
    title: "Buster Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bailey"
    title: "Buster Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bailey"
    title: "Buster Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bailey"
    title: "Buster Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bailey"
    title: "Buster Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bailey"
    title: "Buster Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bailey"
    title: "Buster Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buster_Bailey"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/20a72e06-2568-4637-a283-1f99f81e82bb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q362522"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5471700"
    title: "Buster Bailey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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