# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dicky-wells
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:15:51.449Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dicky-wells"
name: "Dicky Wells"
slug: "dicky-wells"
description: "William Wells, known professionally as Dicky Wells, was an American jazz trombonist."
tagline: "American jazz trombonist (1907–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Wells%2C_also_known_as_Dicky_Wells_at_Eddie_Condon's_of_New_York_City_in_January_1947%2C_face_detail%2C_from-_Dickie_Wells_(cropped).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: "1907-06-10"
deathDate: "1985-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.4
  momentum:             24.77011494252874
  historical:           6.818576
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920183/"
    handle:    "nm0920183"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/328747"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Wells"
    title: "Dicky Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Wells"
    title: "Dicky Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Wells"
    title: "Dicky Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Wells"
    title: "Dicky Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Wells"
    title: "Dicky Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c43e27c8-3c26-4cea-a39a-9a091aabfd36"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350879"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4722825"
    title: "Dicky Wells"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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