# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-cotton-q731254
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:01:31.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-cotton-q731254"
name: "James Cotton"
slug: "james-cotton-q731254"
description: "James Henry Cotton was an American blues harmonica player, singer/songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists, including Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters and with his own band, the James Cotton Blues Band."
tagline: "American blues singer-songwriter (1935–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Cotton_2007.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: "1935-07-01"
deathDate: "2017-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2699931647300068
  historical:           19.57484666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183098/"
    handle:    "nm0183098"
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    handle:    "6mY93oNfUaUwZq67yn3R8k"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jamescottonsuperharp.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Cotton"
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    title: "James Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Cotton"
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    title: "James Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cotton_(musicista)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "제임스 코튼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джеймс Коттон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump