# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-witherspoon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:21:48.646Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-witherspoon"
name: "Jimmy Witherspoon"
slug: "jimmy-witherspoon"
description: "James Witherspoon was an American jump blues and jazz singer."
tagline: "American jump blues singer (1920–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_Witherspoon.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: "1920-08-08"
deathDate: "1997-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.575342465753424
  historical:           18.19705333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0936761"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jimmywitherspoon.com"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jimmy Witherspoon"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump