# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-gaines
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:59:19.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-gaines"
name: "Lee Gaines"
slug: "lee-gaines"
description: "Otho Lee Gaines was an American jazz singer and lyricist. Gaines wrote the lyrics for \"Take the \"A\" Train\" and \"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'\", two jazz standards by Billy Strayhorn."
tagline: "American singer (1914–1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lee_Gaines.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: "1914-04-21"
deathDate: "1987-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.144601333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089775/"
    handle:    "nm1089775"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/785839"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "لي غينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Gaines"
    title: "Lee Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Gaines"
    title: "Lee Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Gaines"
    title: "Lee Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Gaines"
    title: "Lee Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5749587"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2253437"
    title: "Lee Gaines"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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