# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irene-higginbotham
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:09:20.467Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irene-higginbotham"
name: "Irene Higginbotham"
slug: "irene-higginbotham"
description: "Irene Higginbotham was an American songwriter and concert pianist. She is best known for co-writing the Billie Holiday song \"Good Morning Heartache\" (1946)."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irene_Higginbotham.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1918-06-11"
deathDate: "1988-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.00666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1761623/"
    handle:    "nm1761623"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/699198"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "إيرين هيغينبوثمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ايرين هيجينبوثمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Higginbotham"
    title: "Irene Higginbotham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Higginbotham"
    title: "Irene Higginbotham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Higginbotham"
    title: "Irene Higginbotham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA'%D7%90%D7%9D"
    title: "איירין היגינבות'אם"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/91f0d70c-143b-47f3-bb81-3159d7ce0282"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180864"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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