# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/della-reese
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:20:45.872Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/della-reese"
name: "Della Reese"
slug: "della-reese"
description: "Della Reese was an American singer, actress, television personality, author and ordained minister. As a singer, she recorded blues, gospel, jazz and pop. Several of her singles made the US Hot 100, including the number two charting song, \"Don't You Know?\" (1959). As a television personality and actress, she was the first black woman to host her own talk show and appeared on the highly-rated CBS television series Touched by an Angel."
tagline: "American actress and singer (1931-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DellaReeseJuly09.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1931-07-06"
deathDate: "2017-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           67.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.24391733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3750
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005343/"
    handle:    "nm0005343"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/63qOOnxbI8rVgpakjpnFBp"
    handle:    "63qOOnxbI8rVgpakjpnFBp"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.dellareese.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxgqgTlyhsR82NGqNZ7P1_Q"
    handle:    "Della Reese - Topic"
    followers: 3750
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديلا ريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديلا ريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دلا ریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دلا ریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B8%EB%9D%BC_%EB%A6%AC%EC%A6%88"
    title: "델라 리즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Делла Риз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڈیلا ریز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Reese"
    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2"
    title: "ڈیلا ریز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9328e7e-889f-4cc7-b56a-8d94cf0b8fe2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Della Reese"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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