# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-hammond-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:56:15.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-hammond-smith"
name: "Johnny \"Hammond\" Smith"
slug: "johnny-hammond-smith"
description: "John Robert \"Johnny Hammond\" Smith was an American soul jazz and hard bop organist. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he was a renowned player of the Hammond B-3 organ so earning \"Hammond\" as a nickname, which also avoided his being confused with jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, although this could sometimes lead to him being confused with Jimmy Smith, another Hammond great."
tagline: "American organist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Johnnyhammondsmith.jpg"
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: "1933-12-16"
deathDate: "1997-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.236612000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358716/"
    handle:    "nm0358716"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/11648"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جونى سميث (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Smith_(varhan%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Johnny Smith (varhaník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hammond_Smith"
    title: "Johnny Hammond Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_%22Hammond%22_Smith"
    title: "Johnny \"Hammond\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hammond"
    title: "Johnny Hammond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Hammond"
    title: "Johnny Hammond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_%C2%AB_Hammond_%C2%BB_Smith"
    title: "Johnny « Hammond » Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_'Hammond'_Smith"
    title: "Johnny 'Hammond' Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96_%C2%AB%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%C2%BB_%D0%A1%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%82"
    title: "Джонні «Гаммонд» Сміт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/af8a8ede-2c56-469e-9069-463218595f85"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322489"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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