# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carey-bell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:37:35.174Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carey-bell"
name: "Carey Bell"
slug: "carey-bell"
description: "Carey Bell Harrington was an American blues musician who played harmonica in the Chicago blues style. Bell played harmonica and bass guitar for other blues musicians from the late 1950s to the early 1970s before embarking on a solo career. Besides his own albums, he recorded as an accompanist or duo artist with Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk, Lowell Fulson, Eddie Taylor, Louisiana Red and Jimmy Dawkins and was a frequent partner with his son, the guitarist Lurrie Bell. Blues Revue called Bell \"one of Chicago's finest harpists.\" The Chicago Tribune said Bell was \"a terrific talent in the tradition of Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter.\" In 2023, he was inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American blues musician (1936–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CareyBell2003.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: "1936-11-14"
deathDate: "2007-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.71
  momentum:             4.528301886792453
  historical:           15.95982933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3229608/"
    handle:    "nm3229608"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7wcrtrCODZkNbpq1ZYABxs"
    handle:    "7wcrtrCODZkNbpq1ZYABxs"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارى بيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "کاری بیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Bell"
    title: "Carey Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Bell"
    title: "Carey Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Bell"
    title: "Carey Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Bell"
    title: "Carey Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "キャリー・ベル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carey Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carey Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Bell"
    title: "Carey Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Белл, Кэри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Bell"
    title: "Carey Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кері Белл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Carey Bell Harrington"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump