# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-lea
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:22:04.818Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-lea"
name: "Jim Lea"
slug: "jim-lea"
description: "James Whild Lea is an English musician best known as the classic bassist of Slade from 1966 until 1992. As well as co-writing most of the group's songs, he occasionally played keyboards, piano, violin and guitar and sang backing vocals."
tagline: "British musician, songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slade_-_TopPop_1974_3_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-06-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.95
  momentum:             3.543168348550376
  historical:           15.63771333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494765/"
    handle:    "nm0494765"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jimleamusic.com/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيم ليا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيم ليا"
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    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Lea"
    title: "Jimmy Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea_(Musiker)"
    title: "Jim Lea (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea_(musician)"
    title: "Jim Lea (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea"
    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea"
    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea"
    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea"
    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea"
    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea"
    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea"
    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea"
    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Ли, Джим (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lea"
    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2567620"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1092869"
    title: "Jim Lea"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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