# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hal-schaefer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:56:18.920Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hal-schaefer"
name: "Hal Schaefer"
slug: "hal-schaefer"
description: "Harold Herman \"Hal\" Schaefer was an American jazz pianist and vocal coach. He coached Marilyn Monroe, Mitzi Gaynor, Judy Garland, Robert Wagner, Jane Russell, and Barbra Streisand, in films and musical comedy songs, and composed the film scores to The Money Trap (1965) and The Amsterdam Kill (1977). Schaefer was a pianist in Benny Carter's group, including performing as a pianist in Harry James and Boyd Raeburn's jazz groups and for Peggy Lee and Billy Eckstine. During his career he helped many directors and producers such as Howard Hawks, Harold Prince, and George Cukor."
tagline: "American musician (1925–2012)"
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: "1925-07-22"
deathDate: "2012-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.21
  momentum:             2.576419213973799
  historical:           9.210368
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769621/"
    handle:    "nm0769621"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.halschaefer.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1800290"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "هال شايفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "هال شايفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Schaefer"
    title: "Hal Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Schaefer"
    title: "Hal Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Schaefer"
    title: "Hal Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Schaefer"
    title: "Hal Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Schaefer"
    title: "Hal Schaefer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "ہال شیفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/491d10e7-ca2a-4ad1-b85a-306adbfdf43f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1570147"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/130338"
    title: "Hal Schaefer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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