# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-driftwood
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:02:35.878Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-driftwood"
name: "Jimmy Driftwood"
slug: "jimmy-driftwood"
description: "James Corbitt Morris, known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk-style songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs \"The Battle of New Orleans\" and \"Tennessee Stud\". Driftwood wrote more than 6,000 folk songs, of which more than 300 were recorded by various musicians."
tagline: "Singer (1907-1998)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/Jimmy_Driftwood.jpg"
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: "1907-06-20"
deathDate: "1998-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.3
  momentum:             13.46625548329313
  historical:           9.713610666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1216319/"
    handle:    "nm1216319"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/468453"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "چيمى دريفتود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "جیمی دریفتوود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Corbitt_Morris"
    title: "James Corbitt Morris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B9_%CE%9D%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%86%CF%84%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84"
    title: "Τζίμι Ντρίφτγουντ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Driftwood"
    title: "Jimmy Driftwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Driftwood"
    title: "Jimmy Driftwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "جیمی دریفتوود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Driftwood"
    title: "Jimmy Driftwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Driftwood"
    title: "Jimmy Driftwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jimmy_Driftwood"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5cd09b8e-1370-45df-9269-850be737aecb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352930"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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