# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmer-snowden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:25:54.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elmer-snowden"
name: "Elmer Snowden"
slug: "elmer-snowden"
description: "Elmer Chester Snowden was an American banjo player of the Jazz Age. He also played guitar and, in the early stages of his career, all the reed instruments. He contributed greatly to jazz in its early days as both a player and a bandleader, and launched the careers of many top musicians."
tagline: "American musician (1900-1973)"
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: "1900-10-09"
deathDate: "1973-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.610008
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/669268"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "إلمر سنودن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "المر سنودن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Snowden"
    title: "Elmer Snowden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Snowden"
    title: "Elmer Snowden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Snowden"
    title: "Elmer Snowden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Snowden"
    title: "Elmer Snowden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Snowden"
    title: "Elmer Snowden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Snowden"
    title: "Elmer Snowden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Snowden"
    title: "Elmer Snowden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Snowden"
    title: "Elmer Snowden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Snowden"
    title: "Elmer Snowden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Елмер Сноуден"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/35c9213b-8088-44c9-b233-06d04203177b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q489602"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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