# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:45:02.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-watson"
name: "Leo Watson"
slug: "leo-watson"
description: "Leo Watson was an American jazz vocalese singer, drummer, trombonist and tiple player. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, and is probably best remembered as a member of The Spirits of Rhythm small group, which included guitarist Teddy Bunn. Watson also worked briefly with a variety of big bands, including those of Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw and Jimmy Mundy."
tagline: "Musician (1898-1950)"
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: "1898-02-27"
deathDate: "1950-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.473506666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914771/"
    handle:    "nm0914771"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307287"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Watson"
    title: "Leo Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88)"
    title: "ليو واتسون (عازف بيانو)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88)"
    title: "ليو واتسون (عازف بيانو)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Watson"
    title: "Leo Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Watson"
    title: "Leo Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Watson"
    title: "Leo Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/61e1adc5-9260-4889-b0ed-40afc1575d0c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q225629"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5314129"
    title: "Leo Watson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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