# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurel-aitken
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:02:07.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurel-aitken"
name: "Laurel Aitken"
slug: "laurel-aitken"
description: "Lorenzo \"Laurel\" Aitken was a Cuban-Jamaican singer and one of the pioneers of ska music. He is often referred to as the \"Godfather of Ska\"."
tagline: "Cuban singer (1927–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aitken14.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-04-22"
deathDate: "2005-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.279999999999999
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "OfficialLaurelAitken"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1794197/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump