# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-last
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:47:24.279Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-last"
name: "James Last"
slug: "james-last"
description: "James Last was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. Initially a jazz bassist, his trademark \"happy music\" made his numerous albums best-sellers in Germany and the United Kingdom, with 65 of his albums reaching the charts in the UK alone. His composition \"Happy Heart\" became an international success in interpretations by Andy Williams and Petula Clark."
tagline: "German musician (1929-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WP2015_JamesLast_FFM.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-04-17"
deathDate: "2015-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.87
  momentum:             0.02044525215810995
  historical:           23.83101333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489904/"
    handle:    "nm0489904"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jameslast.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جيمس لاست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جيمس لاست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جیمز لست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceyms_Last"
    title: "Ceyms Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%B7%CE%BC%CF%82_%CE%9B%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84"
    title: "Τζέημς Λαστ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جیمز لست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD_%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF"
    title: "Ջեյմս Լաստ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88"
    title: "ジェームス・ラスト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%96_%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98"
    title: "ჯეიმზ ლასტი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%EB%9D%BC%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "제임스 라스트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Last"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0b7ee619-16ed-4e60-b871-6a2111c12b76"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57213"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42862"
    title: "James Last"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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