# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-j-alford
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:20:32.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-j-alford"
name: "Kenneth J. Alford"
slug: "kenneth-j-alford"
description: "Frederick Joseph Ricketts was an English composer of marches for band. Under the pen name Kenneth J. Alford, he composed marches which are considered to be great examples of the art. He was a bandmaster in the British Army, and Royal Marines director of music. Conductor Vivian Dunn called him \"The British March King\". Alford's frequent use of the saxophone contributed to its permanent inclusion in military bands. His best known work is the \"Colonel Bogey March\"."
tagline: "English composer (1881–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RICKETTS_Frederick_J.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1881-02-21"
deathDate: "1945-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.654072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019215/"
    handle:    "nm0019215"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_J._Alford"
    title: "Kenneth J. Alford"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_J._Alford"
    title: "Kenneth J. Alford"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Joseph_Ricketts"
    title: "Frederick Joseph Ricketts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Кеннет Элфорд"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_J._Alford"
    title: "Kenneth J. Alford"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump