# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-w-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:24:28.416Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-w-johnson"
name: "George W. Johnson"
slug: "george-w-johnson"
description: "George Washington Johnson was an American singer and pioneer sound recording artist. He is known for being the first African American recording star of the phonograph. His most popular songs were \"The Whistling Coon\" and \"The Laughing Song\"."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_W._Johnson%2C_1898.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: "1846"
deathDate: "1914-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.55
  momentum:             7.468210334592553
  historical:           11.839852
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "جورج دبليو. جونسون (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جورج جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson_(cantant)"
    title: "George W. Johnson (cantant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%8C_%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86_(%DA%AF%DB%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8E%DA%98)"
    title: "جۆرج، دەبلیو، جۆنسن (گۆرانیبێژ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson"
    title: "George W. Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson_(singer)"
    title: "George W. Johnson (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson"
    title: "George W. Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson"
    title: "George W. Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_W._%EC%A1%B4%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "조지 W. 존슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson_(cantor)"
    title: "George W. Johnson (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Johnson"
    title: "George W. Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%96%AC%E6%B2%BB%C2%B7W%C2%B7%E7%B4%84%E7%BF%B0%E9%81%9C_(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "喬治·W·約翰遜 (歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4ff572ad-0fe8-4eaa-929f-e8a6a1622d43"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1372290"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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