# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lead-belly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:01:12.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lead-belly"
name: "Lead Belly"
slug: "lead-belly"
description: "Huddie William Ledbetter, better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced, including his renditions of \"In the Pines\", \"Pick a Bale of Cotton\", \"Goodnight, Irene\", \"Black Betty\", \"Midnight Special\", \"Cotton Fields\", and \"Boll Weevil\"."
tagline: "American folk and blues musician (1888–1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leadbelly_with_Accordeon.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: "1888-01-20"
deathDate: "1949-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.55
  momentum:             2.578596252946111
  historical:           24.133568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1199588/"
    handle:    "nm1199588"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Ovf2lytXSXWFM2cwsJACC"
    handle:    "3Ovf2lytXSXWFM2cwsJACC"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.leadbelly.org/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Leadbelly"
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    title: "لید بلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лідбэлі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Лед Бели"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lead Belly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leadbelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadbelly"
    title: "Leadbelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Belly"
    title: "Lead Belly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Χιούντι Ουίλιαμ Λέντμπετερ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lead Belly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Belly"
    title: "Lead Belly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadbelly"
    title: "Leadbelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لد بلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadbelly"
    title: "Leadbelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadbelly"
    title: "Leadbelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Belly"
    title: "Lead Belly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "לדבלי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lead Belly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lead Belly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lead Belly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "レッドベリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EB%93%9C_%EB%B2%A8%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "레드 벨리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Belly"
    title: "Lead Belly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lead_Belly"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lead_Belly"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314310"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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