# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-williams-q1691660
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:44:44.864Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-williams-q1691660"
name: "Joe Williams"
slug: "joe-williams-q1691660"
description: "Joe Williams was an American jazz singer. He sang with big bands, such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and with small combos. He sang in two films with the Basie orchestra and sometimes worked as an actor."
tagline: "American jazz singer (1918–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Williams.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1918-12-12"
deathDate: "1999-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.54979066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930920/"
    handle:    "nm0930920"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جو وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams"
    title: "Joe Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams"
    title: "Joe Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams_(jazz_singer)"
    title: "Joe Williams (jazz singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams"
    title: "Joe Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams"
    title: "Joe Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams"
    title: "Joe Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams_(dzsessz%C3%A9nekes)"
    title: "Joe Williams (dzsesszénekes)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams"
    title: "Joe Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81_(%D1%9F%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%87)"
    title: "Џо Вилијамс (џез пејач)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams"
    title: "Joe Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams"
    title: "Joe Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Williams"
    title: "Joe Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Уильямс, Джо (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%96%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%E6%96%AF_(%E7%88%B5%E5%A3%AB%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "祖威廉斯 (爵士歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/de09faf8-c78b-4c3a-9c0d-76b1de15f40e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1691660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/55401"
    title: "Joe Williams"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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