# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-willis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:35:13.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-willis"
name: "Eddie Willis"
slug: "eddie-willis"
description: "Eddie \"Chank\" Willis was an American soul musician. He played electric guitar and occasionally electric sitar for Motown's in-house studio band, The Funk Brothers, during the 1960s and early 1970s."
tagline: "African-American soul musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EddieWillisHWOFMar2013.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: "1936-06-03"
deathDate: "2018-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.37
  momentum:             1.453488372093023
  historical:           8.354609333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1177270/"
    handle:    "nm1177270"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/324818"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "إدي ويليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ادى ويليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Willis"
    title: "Eddie Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Willis"
    title: "Eddie Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Willis"
    title: "Eddie Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Willis"
    title: "Eddie Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Willis"
    title: "Eddie Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c3292203-1550-4903-8422-72c677ab42c5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615026"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2608677"
    title: "Eddie Willis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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