# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-blackton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:35:38.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-blackton"
name: "Jay Blackton"
slug: "jay-blackton"
description: "Jay Blackton was an American composer and conductor. In 1956 he won an Academy Award in the category Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for the film Oklahoma! and was also nominated for Guys and Dolls. He was the music director, orchestrator or arranger for more than 25 Broadway productions and national tours."
tagline: "American composer (1909-1994)"
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: "1909-03-25"
deathDate: "1994-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.470230666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085866/"
    handle:    "nm0085866"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4fY8KapL2wSI0Zu33g3hqp"
    handle:    "4fY8KapL2wSI0Zu33g3hqp"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جاى بلاكتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Blackton"
    title: "Jay Blackton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Blackton"
    title: "Jay Blackton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Blackton"
    title: "Jay Blackton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Blackton"
    title: "Jay Blackton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%92_%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%B9%D9%86"
    title: "جے بلیکٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6f4830ba-8e8c-4b3a-b26a-b0a47c3ab80e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3807499"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Jay Blackton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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