# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-crawford-q3486894
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:26:41.297Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-crawford-q3486894"
name: "James Crawford"
slug: "james-crawford-q3486894"
description: "James \"Sugar Boy\" Crawford, Jr. was an American R&B musician based in New Orleans. He was the author of \"Jock-A-Mo\" (1954), which was later rerecorded as \"Iko Iko\" by the Dixie Cups, and became a huge hit. The song was recorded by many other artists, including Dr. John, Belle Stars, the Grateful Dead, Cyndi Lauper, and by Glass Candy."
tagline: "New Orleans R&B musician (1934-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SugarBoyCrawfordApr281996.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: "1934-10-12"
deathDate: "2012-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.57
  momentum:             4.175257731958764
  historical:           9.230276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5327262/"
    handle:    "nm5327262"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/722283"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88)"
    title: "جيمس كروفورد (عازف بيانو)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Crawford"
    title: "James Crawford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Crawford_(Musiker)"
    title: "James Crawford (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%22Sugar_Boy%22_Crawford"
    title: "James \"Sugar Boy\" Crawford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Crawford_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "James Crawford (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Crawford"
    title: "James Crawford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%22%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%22%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "ジェイムズ・\"シュガー・ボーイ\"・クロフォード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%22Sugar_Boy%22_Crawford"
    title: "James \"Sugar Boy\" Crawford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3a625c25-3f22-4899-abff-4ad7a33a590c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3486894"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58221"
    title: "James Crawford"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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