# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dewey-phillips
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:16:10.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dewey-phillips"
name: "Dewey Phillips"
slug: "dewey-phillips"
description: "Dewey Phillips was an American disc jockey based in Memphis, Tennessee, best known as the host of the WHBQ radio show \"Red, Hot, and Blue\". He was one of rock and roll's pioneering American disc jockeys, helping to popularize the genre in radio airplay along with Cleveland's Alan Freed."
tagline: "American radio personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USA_Tour_2019_P105_Sun_Studios_WHBQ_Studios_Control_Room_C.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1926-05-13"
deathDate: "1968-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.03
  momentum:             1.329113924050633
  historical:           5.024948
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "ديوي فيليبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Phillips"
    title: "Dewey Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Phillips"
    title: "Dewey Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Phillips"
    title: "Dewey Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9"
    title: "デューイ・フィリップス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5268205"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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