# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erskine-butterfield
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:38:51.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erskine-butterfield"
name: "Erskine Butterfield"
slug: "erskine-butterfield"
description: "Erskine Butterfield was an American pianist, singer, bandleader and composer, active in the 1930s to the 1950s, and best known for his boogie-woogie and swing piano style. Butterfield was credited with \"helping to invent the style of 'cocktail piano'\"."
tagline: "American musician (1913–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erskine_Butterfield.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: "1913-02-09"
deathDate: "1961-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.135385333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1133703"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "أرسكين باترفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "ارسكين باترفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Butterfield"
    title: "Erskine Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Butterfield"
    title: "Erskine Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Butterfield"
    title: "Erskine Butterfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/62964da5-5d12-4925-9fb8-f2ea131ea0b0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991567"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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