# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kokomo-arnold
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:56:49.409Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kokomo-arnold"
name: "Kokomo Arnold"
slug: "kokomo-arnold"
description: "James \"Kokomo\" Arnold was an American blues musician. A left-handed slide guitarist, his intense style of playing and rapid-fire vocal delivery set him apart from his contemporaries. He got his nickname in 1934 after releasing \"Old Original Kokomo Blues\" for Decca Records, a cover version of Scrapper Blackwell's blues song about the city of Kokomo, Indiana."
tagline: "American blues musician (1901–1968)"
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: "1901-02-15"
deathDate: "1968-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.83
  momentum:             0.0603864734299517
  historical:           10.96332133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1857511/"
    handle:    "nm1857511"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307277"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "كوكومو ارنولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomo_Arnold"
    title: "Kokomo Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomo_Arnold"
    title: "Kokomo Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomo_Arnold"
    title: "Kokomo Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomo_Arnold"
    title: "Kokomo Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomo_Arnold"
    title: "Kokomo Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomo_Arnold"
    title: "Kokomo Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%94%EC%BD%94%EB%AA%A8_%EC%95%84%EB%86%80%EB%93%9C"
    title: "코코모 아놀드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomo_Arnold"
    title: "Kokomo Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomo_Arnold"
    title: "Kokomo Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokomo_Arnold"
    title: "Kokomo Arnold"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/74a64e96-43d4-474d-8cac-e4670871bfa0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349827"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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