# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-reed
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:22:07.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-reed"
name: "Jimmy Reed"
slug: "jimmy-reed"
description: "Mathis James Reed was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with a wide variety of audiences. Reed's songs such as \"Honest I Do\" (1957), \"Baby What You Want Me to Do\" (1960), \"Big Boss Man\" (1961), and \"Bright Lights, Big City\" (1961) appeared on both Billboard magazine's R&B and Hot 100 singles charts."
tagline: "American blues musician and songwriter (1925–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_Reed_Vee-Jay_press_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-09-06"
deathDate: "1976-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump