# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbie-nichols
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:32:04.536Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbie-nichols"
name: "Herbie Nichols"
slug: "herbie-nichols"
description: "Herbert Horatio Nichols was an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the jazz standard \"Lady Sings the Blues\". Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and critics."
tagline: "American musician (1919-1963)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/HerbieNicholsImage.jpg"
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: "1919-01-03"
deathDate: "1963-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.428728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/486998"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "هيربي نيكولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "هيربى نيكولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Nichols"
    title: "Herbie Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9_%CE%9D%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%82"
    title: "Χέρμπι Νίκολς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Nichols"
    title: "Herbie Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Nichols"
    title: "Herbie Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Nichols"
    title: "Herbie Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ハービー・ニコルス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Nichols"
    title: "Herbie Nichols"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d179c4af-d690-4cdd-a769-ba095b42fa1a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540332"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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