# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-shields
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:18:05.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-shields"
name: "Larry Shields"
slug: "larry-shields"
description: "Lawrence James Shields was an early American dixieland jazz clarinetist. He was a member of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz band to record commercially."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1893-1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LarryShields1915.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: "1893-09-13"
deathDate: "1953-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.208136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793216/"
    handle:    "nm0793216"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "لاري شيلدز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "لارى شيلدز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Shields"
    title: "Larry Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Shields"
    title: "Larry Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Shields"
    title: "Larry Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Shields"
    title: "Larry Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Shields"
    title: "Larry Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Shields"
    title: "Larry Shields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b9325922-f0cc-4d14-8c82-dd4e985b667e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1568121"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5063313"
    title: "Larry Shields"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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