# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ginger-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:39:56.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ginger-johnson"
name: "Ginger Johnson"
slug: "ginger-johnson"
description: "George Folunsho \"Ginger\" Johnson was a Nigerian percussionist and bandleader who was a prominent musician in London from the 1950s to the early 1970s. He led Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers, and recorded and performed with Edmundo Ros, The Rolling Stones, Ronnie Scott and Quincy Jones among many others."
tagline: "Nigerian percussionist and bandleader in London"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1916"
deathDate: "1975-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.64
  momentum:             8.750000000000002
  historical:           6.137437333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426240/"
    handle:    "nm0426240"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d87282f8-ce40-4b25-ab55-831d51cd5f76"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جينجر جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Johnson"
    title: "Ginger Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Johnson"
    title: "Ginger Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Johnson"
    title: "Ginger Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Johnson"
    title: "Ginger Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Johnson"
    title: "Ginger Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15812305"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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