# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-sturr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:20.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-sturr"
name: "Jimmy Sturr"
slug: "jimmy-sturr"
description: "James W. Sturr Jr., commonly known as Jimmy Sturr, is an American polka musician, trumpeter, clarinetist, saxophonist and leader of Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra. Media outlets have often dubbed him the \"King of Polka,\" with his recordings having won 18 out of the 24 Grammy Awards given for Best Polka Album. Sturr's orchestra is on the Top Ten List of the All-Time Grammy Awards, and has acquired more Grammy nominations than anyone in the history of musical polka awards."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_Sturr.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1941-09-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.83
  momentum:             4.847363552266419
  historical:           7.043704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jimmysturrpolka"
    handle:    "jimmysturrpolka"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jimmysturr/"
    handle:    "jimmysturr"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Jimmy-Sturr-122862061122958"
    handle:    "Jimmy-Sturr-122862061122958"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jimmysturr.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1199384"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "چيمى ستور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Sturr"
    title: "Jimmy Sturr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Sturr"
    title: "Jimmy Sturr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Sturr"
    title: "Jimmy Sturr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジミー・スター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%91%D1%80%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Стёрр, Джимми"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/941ba9ab-86bb-45bb-a3bb-b5d16dcd618d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4442402"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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