# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-watkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:05:51.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-watkins"
name: "Derek Watkins"
slug: "derek-watkins"
description: "Derek Roy Watkins was an English jazz, pop, and classical trumpeter. Best known for his lead trumpet work on the soundtracks of James Bond films, Watkins recorded with British jazz bandleaders as well as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and The Beatles. Dizzy Gillespie called him \"Mr. Lead\"."
tagline: "English jazz, pop and classical lead trumpet player (1945–2013)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-03-02"
deathDate: "2013-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.361269333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1313432/"
    handle:    "nm1313432"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.derekwatkins.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/269288"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ديريك واتكينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Watkins"
    title: "Derek Watkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Watkins"
    title: "Derek Watkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Watkins_(trumpeter)"
    title: "Derek Watkins (trumpeter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Watkins"
    title: "Derek Watkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "デレク・ワトキンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Watkins"
    title: "Derek Watkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0905529e-d273-4f50-bce1-cb8efbf03d0d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1200135"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3083081"
    title: "Derek Watkins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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