# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-fathead-newman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:39:23.615Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-fathead-newman"
name: "David \"Fathead\" Newman"
slug: "david-fathead-newman"
description: "David \"Fathead\" Newman was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by Ray Charles."
tagline: "American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Fathead_Newman.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: "1933-02-24"
deathDate: "2009-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             0.2714932126696833
  historical:           9.47596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5OPNYwuIto3q4ac46rIIZC"
    handle:    "5OPNYwuIto3q4ac46rIIZC"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://davidfatheadnewman.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/328137"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Newman_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "David Newman (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Newman_(Jazzmusiker)"
    title: "David Newman (Jazzmusiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_%22Fathead%22_Newman"
    title: "David \"Fathead\" Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_%22Fathead%22_Newman"
    title: "David \"Fathead\" Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_%C2%AB_Fathead_%C2%BB_Newman"
    title: "David « Fathead » Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Newman_(zen%C3%A9sz)"
    title: "David Newman (zenész)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_%22Fathead%22_Newman"
    title: "David \"Fathead\" Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Newman_(jazzmuzikant)"
    title: "David Newman (jazzmuzikant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Newman"
    title: "David Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9dddb428-ab9c-4a7d-8d97-d805839a4f73"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720206"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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