# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/les-mccann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:48:40.941Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/les-mccann"
name: "Les McCann"
slug: "les-mccann"
description: "Leslie Coleman McCann was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He is known for his innovations in soul jazz and his 1969 recording of the protest song \"Compared to What\". His music has been widely sampled in hip hop."
tagline: "American jazz pianist and vocalist (1935–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Les_McCann.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: "1935-09-23"
deathDate: "2023-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.76267866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/officiallesmccann/"
    handle:    "officiallesmccann"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@OfficialLesMcCann"
    handle:    "OfficialLesMcCann"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLesMcCann"
    handle:    "OfficialLesMcCann"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564895/"
    handle:    "nm0564895"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/07tYu4BGrfeogBobCefkHI"
    handle:    "07tYu4BGrfeogBobCefkHI"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.lesmccannunlimited.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ليز ماكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ليه ماكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لیه ماکان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3"
    title: "レス・マッキャン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McCann"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bc16d640-a069-42ec-a8c1-c24fd5c3d206"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562912"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1246313"
    title: "Les McCann"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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