# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/duke-henderson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:31:53.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/duke-henderson"
name: "Duke Henderson"
slug: "duke-henderson"
description: "Sylvester C. Henderson, known as Duke Henderson, was an American blues shouter and jazz singer in the West Coast blues and jump blues styles in the mid-1940s. In the late 1940s he renounced his past and began broadcasting as a minister and gospel music disc jockey. He eventually became a preacher."
tagline: "American blues shouter and jazz singer"
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: "1925-04-05"
deathDate: "1972"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.26
  momentum:             1.428571428571428
  historical:           8.135061333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديوك هندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديوك هندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دوک هندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Henderson"
    title: "Duke Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دوک هندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Henderson"
    title: "Duke Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Henderson"
    title: "Duke Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Henderson"
    title: "Duke Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/959f2736-4534-4ed0-89aa-f30d5f697531"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3041084"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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