# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/butch-miles
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:03:44.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/butch-miles"
name: "Butch Miles"
slug: "butch-miles"
description: "Charles J. Thornton, Jr., known professionally as Butch Miles, was an American jazz drummer. He played with the Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, and Tony Bennett."
tagline: "American jazz drummer (1944–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Butch_Miles_nonfree.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1944-07-04"
deathDate: "2023-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.09
  momentum:             1.08433734939759
  historical:           7.883370666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6403716/"
    handle:    "nm6403716"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7F6yOfBlTG01S8AqUe5oMM"
    handle:    "7F6yOfBlTG01S8AqUe5oMM"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.butchmiles.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/268548"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "بوتش مايلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Miles"
    title: "Butch Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Miles"
    title: "Butch Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Miles"
    title: "Butch Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Miles"
    title: "Butch Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ブッチ・マイルス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Miles"
    title: "Butch Miles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/49070dc3-c322-4487-b3de-f822ab7fb9f4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991592"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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