# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/junior-parker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:31:28.908Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/junior-parker"
name: "Junior Parker"
slug: "junior-parker"
description: "Herman \"Junior\" Parker, also known as Little Junior Parker, was an American blues singer and harmonica player. He is best remembered for his voice which has been described as \"honeyed\" and \"velvet-smooth\". One music journalist noted, \"For years, Junior Parker deserted down home harmonica blues for uptown blues-soul music\".\nIn 2001, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Parker is also inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American blues singer (1932–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Junior_Parker_AABF_1970_JT.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: "1932-05-27"
deathDate: "1971-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.72
  momentum:             1.401943229518302
  historical:           13.8702
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Little-Junior-Parker-281767547138"
    handle:    "Little-Junior-Parker-281767547138"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8998637/"
    handle:    "nm8998637"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جونيور باركر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جونيور باركر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "جونیور بارکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Parker"
    title: "Junior Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Parker"
    title: "Junior Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Parker"
    title: "Junior Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Parker"
    title: "Junior Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Parker"
    title: "Junior Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジュニア・パーカー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A3%BC%EB%8B%88%EC%96%B4_%ED%8C%8C%EC%BB%A4"
    title: "주니어 파커"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Parker"
    title: "Junior Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Паркер, Джуниор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Parker"
    title: "Junior Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Джуніор Паркер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/79bd0f86-95f0-4e2b-806f-7d78640cf683"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1398507"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4133679"
    title: "Robert Parker Junior"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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