# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-barris
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:22:28.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-barris"
name: "Harry Barris"
slug: "harry-barris"
description: "Harry Barris was an American popular singer and songwriter. He was one of the earliest singers to use \"scat singing\" in recordings. Barris, one of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, along with Bing Crosby and Al Rinker, scatted on several songs, including \"Mississippi Mud,\" which Barris wrote in 1927."
tagline: "American singer and songwriter (1905–1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry_Barris_-_The_New_Movie%2C_June_1932.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: "1905-11-24"
deathDate: "1962-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.58
  momentum:             1.782183161889544
  historical:           9.689778666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0057574/"
    handle:    "nm0057574"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/739208"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "هارى بريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Barris"
    title: "Harry Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "ھاری باریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Barris"
    title: "Harry Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Barris"
    title: "Harry Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Barris"
    title: "Harry Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Barris"
    title: "Harry Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Barris"
    title: "Harry Barris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "ہیری بیرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/97864c47-cdfe-4d97-a118-d5d51d5353d4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q641955"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1143201"
    title: "Harry Barris"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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