# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-preston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:35:28.671Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-preston"
name: "Jimmy Preston"
slug: "jimmy-preston"
description: "James Alfred Smith Preston was an American R&B bandleader, alto saxophonist, drummer and singer who made an important contribution to early rock and roll."
tagline: "American musician"
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: "1913-08-18"
deathDate: "1984-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.607776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1166751"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيمي برستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Preston"
    title: "Jimmy Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Preston"
    title: "Jimmy Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Preston"
    title: "Jimmy Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Preston"
    title: "Jimmy Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Preston"
    title: "Jimmy Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3184ebb4-e92b-456f-a314-cad7a62ca778"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q784875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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