# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horace-heidt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:31:01.173Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horace-heidt"
name: "Horace Heidt"
slug: "horace-heidt"
description: "Horace Heidt was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. His band, Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights, toured vaudeville and performed on radio and television during the 1930s and 1940s."
tagline: "American musician (1901-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horace_Heidt_1937.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: "1901-05-21"
deathDate: "1986-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.16
  momentum:             8.201438848920864
  historical:           10.35784933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373999/"
    handle:    "nm0373999"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AA"
    title: "هوراس هيدت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Heidt"
    title: "Horace Heidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Heidt"
    title: "Horace Heidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Heidt"
    title: "Horace Heidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Heidt"
    title: "Horace Heidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Heidt"
    title: "Horace Heidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Heidt"
    title: "Horace Heidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Heidt"
    title: "Horace Heidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Heidt"
    title: "Horace Heidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Heidt"
    title: "Horace Heidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e6448d57-a464-4352-b044-84c3f6b62b76"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q744222"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83473"
    title: "Horace Heidt"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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