# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lightnin-slim
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:17:36.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lightnin-slim"
name: "Lightnin' Slim"
slug: "lightnin-slim"
description: "Otis Verries Hicks, known as Lightnin' Slim, was an American blues musician who played Louisiana blues and swamp blues for Excello Records."
tagline: "American Louisiana blues musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/91/American_blues_guitarist_Lightnin%27_Slim.png"
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: "1913-03-13"
deathDate: "1974-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.43
  momentum:             1.578947368421053
  historical:           10.29517866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "ليجتنين سليم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin%E2%80%99_Slim"
    title: "Lightnin’ Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin'_Slim"
    title: "Lightnin' Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin'_Slim"
    title: "Lightnin' Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin'_Slim"
    title: "Lightnin' Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin'_Slim"
    title: "Lightnin' Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A0"
    title: "ライトニン・スリム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin%E2%80%99_Slim"
    title: "Lightnin’ Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin'_Slim"
    title: "Lightnin' Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC"
    title: "Лайтнін Слім"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b3ee178f-e114-49d4-8013-c962d8f3d33b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322502"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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