# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lillyn-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:27:55.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lillyn-brown"
name: "Lillyn Brown"
slug: "lillyn-brown"
description: "Lillyn Brown, sometimes credited as Lillyan Brown, was an American singer, vaudeville entertainer and teacher who claimed to have been \"the first professional vocalist to sing the blues in front of the public\", in 1908. She was billed as \"The Kate Smith of Harlem\" and \"The Original Gay 90's Gal\"."
tagline: "American singer and entertainer (1885-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lillian_Thomas_(aka_Lillyn_Brown)_circa_1920.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1885-04-24"
deathDate: "1969-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.39
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.470842666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillyn_Brown"
    title: "Lillyn Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillyn_Brown"
    title: "Lillyn Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillyn_Brown"
    title: "Lillyn Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3766087"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillyn_Brown"
    title: "Lillyn Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillyn_Brown"
    title: "Lillyn Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1825253"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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