# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmie-rodgers-q366358
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:03:40.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmie-rodgers-q366358"
name: "Jimmie Rodgers"
slug: "jimmie-rodgers-q366358"
description: "James Charles Rodgers was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Known as Jimmie Rodgers and widely regarded as the \"Father of Country Music\", he is best known for his distinctive yodeling. Rodgers was known as \"The Singing Brakeman\" and \"America's Blue Yodeler\". He has been cited as an inspiration by many artists, and he has been inducted into multiple halls of fame."
tagline: "American country singer (1897–1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmie_Rodgers_in_1931.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1897-09-08"
deathDate: "1933-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.31
  momentum:             0.8193526520928658
  historical:           22.72635066666667
  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/nm1034229/"
    handle:    "nm1034229"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jimmierodgers.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "지미 로저스 (컨트리 가수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump