# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gus-cannon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:17:11.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gus-cannon"
name: "Gus Cannon"
slug: "gus-cannon"
description: "Gustavus \"Gus\" Cannon was an American blues musician who helped to popularize jug bands in the 1920s and 1930s. There is uncertainty about his birth year; his tombstone gives the date as 1874."
tagline: "American blues musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cannon'sJugStompers.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: "1883-09-12"
deathDate: "1979-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.57966533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2006592/"
    handle:    "nm2006592"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "غوس كانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جوس كانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "قوس کانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Cannon"
    title: "Gus Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Cannon"
    title: "Gus Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Cannon"
    title: "Gus Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Cannon"
    title: "Gus Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Cannon"
    title: "Gus Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Cannon"
    title: "Gus Cannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gus_Cannon"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/be495112-dba6-43fa-9b6d-01cf8decf85d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322195"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4525230"
    title: "Gus Cannon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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