# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elmore-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:50:12.281Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elmore-james"
name: "Elmore James"
slug: "elmore-james"
description: "Elmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. Noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice, James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. His slide guitar technique earned him the nickname \"King of the Slide Guitar\"."
tagline: "American blues musician (1918–1963)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Elmore_James.gif"
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: "1918-01-27"
deathDate: "1963-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.9
  momentum:             0.05537865152983525
  historical:           22.79480133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416475/"
    handle:    "nm0416475"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "אלמור ג'יימס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջեյմս Էլմոր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "エルモア・ジェームス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "엘모어 제임스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_James"
    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_James"
    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_James"
    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmore_James"
    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q356598"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56271"
    title: "Elmore James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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