# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/earl-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:55:00.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/earl-king"
name: "Earl King"
slug: "earl-king"
description: "Earl Silas Johnson IV, known as Earl King, was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, most active in blues music. A composer of blues standards such as \"Come On\" and \"Big Chief\", he was an important figure in New Orleans R&B."
tagline: "American songwriter and guitarist (1934–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EarlKingatJazzFest1997.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: "1934-02-07"
deathDate: "2003-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.14
  momentum:             3.860180754917598
  historical:           13.36620133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1266198/"
    handle:    "nm1266198"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "إيرل كينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ايرل كينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%84_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82"
    title: "ایرل کینق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_King"
    title: "Earl King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_King"
    title: "Earl King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_King"
    title: "Earl King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_King"
    title: "Earl King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_King"
    title: "Earl King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "アール・キング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%96%BC_%ED%82%B9"
    title: "얼 킹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_King"
    title: "Earl King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_King"
    title: "Earl King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_King"
    title: "Earl King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_King"
    title: "Earl King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0ad58e2b-51d9-4c6b-a609-2804246b70da"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931607"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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