# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-below
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:10:43.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-below"
name: "Fred Below"
slug: "fred-below"
description: "Frederick Below Jr. was an American blues drummer who worked with Little Walter and Chess Records in the 1950s. According to Tony Russell, Below was a creator of much of the rhythmic structure of Chicago blues, especially its backbeat.\nHe was the drummer on Chuck Berry's song \"Johnny B. Goode\". He also recorded with J. B. Lenoir."
tagline: "American musician (1926–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_Below.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: "1926-09-16"
deathDate: "1988-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.552953333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87"
    title: "فريد ادناه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Below"
    title: "Fred Below"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Below"
    title: "Fred Below"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Below"
    title: "Fred Below"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Below"
    title: "Fred Below"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Below"
    title: "Fred Below"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Below"
    title: "Fred Below"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83"
    title: "Фред Білоу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9394d44-4139-4733-b387-836bc25ef303"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1452222"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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