# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-j-lilley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:18.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-j-lilley"
name: "Joseph J. Lilley"
slug: "joseph-j-lilley"
description: "Joseph J. Lilley was an American composer, songwriter and orchestrator. He was Music Director at Paramount Studios from 1941 and was involved in many of the studio's successful musicals in roles varying from vocal arranger to musical director. He worked closely with stars such as Bing Crosby, Martin and Lewis and Elvis Presley. Lilley was nominated at the 32nd Academy Awards for Li'l Abner in Best Musical Score."
tagline: "American composer (1913–1971)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wpaVpzwJOEHgAbBM1VmoSchgNJX.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: "1913-08-16"
deathDate: "1971-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.340641333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510360/"
    handle:    "nm0510360"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/737562"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "جوزيف جاي ليلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "چوزيف جاى ليلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_J._Lilley"
    title: "Joseph J. Lilley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_J._Lilley"
    title: "Joseph J. Lilley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "جوزف جی. لیلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_J._Lilley"
    title: "Joseph J. Lilley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%DB%92_%D9%84%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "جوزف جے للی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9b709e88-1d0b-4e0a-9776-d0ad06a4a2ba"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185119"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120030"
    title: "Joseph J. Lilley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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