# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/butch-ballard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:41:48.509Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/butch-ballard"
name: "Butch Ballard"
slug: "butch-ballard"
description: "George Edward \"Butch\" Ballard was an American jazz drummer who played with Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington."
tagline: "American jazz drummer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1918-12-26"
deathDate: "2011-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.38
  momentum:             7.5
  historical:           10.73761733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/401552"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "بوتش بالارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "بوتش بالارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Ballard"
    title: "Butch Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Ballard"
    title: "Butch Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Ballard"
    title: "Butch Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Ballard"
    title: "Butch Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Ballard"
    title: "Butch Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Ballard"
    title: "Butch Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Ballard"
    title: "Butch Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Ballard"
    title: "Butch Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Ballard"
    title: "Butch Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4f3aa8f7-48aa-45b0-9c06-b0206708289c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181827"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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