# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-cassidy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:04:34.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-cassidy"
name: "George Cassidy"
slug: "george-cassidy"
description: "George Cassidy was a Northern Irish jazz musician and music teacher from Bloomfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland, specializing in the tenor saxophone. He was also noted for teaching fellow Belfast musician Van Morrison music reading and notation and giving him saxophone lessons. Cassidy also played the clarinet, hurdy-gurdy and Hawaiian Guitar. Following a stint in a local beat band, Cassidy toured in Ireland playing saxophone behind Dusty Springfield with The Springfields. Cassidy was lead saxophonist with the Regal Accordion & Saxophone Band."
tagline: "Northern Irish jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgeCassidy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-09-07"
deathDate: "2023-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.13
  momentum:             2.710280373831775
  historical:           10.48135466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf8509b4-9322-42cd-9ef1-0a0a1c037214"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy_(cerddor_jazz)"
    title: "George Cassidy (cerddor jazz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy_(Musiker)"
    title: "George Cassidy (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy_(jazz_musician)"
    title: "George Cassidy (jazz musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy"
    title: "George Cassidy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy"
    title: "George Cassidy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy_(ceolt%C3%B3ir_snagcheoil)"
    title: "George Cassidy (ceoltóir snagcheoil)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy"
    title: "George Cassidy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3"
    title: "ジョージ・キャシディ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy_(jazzmuzikant)"
    title: "George Cassidy (jazzmuzikant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy_(muzyk_jazzowy)"
    title: "George Cassidy (muzyk jazzowy)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cassidy"
    title: "George Cassidy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131195427"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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