# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/little-walter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:53:26.622Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/little-walter"
name: "Little Walter"
slug: "little-walter"
description: "Marion Walter Jacobs, known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter. His revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on the succeeding generations, earning him comparisons to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. He was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, the first and, to date, only artist to be inducted specifically as a harmonica player."
tagline: "American blues harmonica player (1930-1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Little_Walter.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: "1930-05-01"
deathDate: "1968-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5728334357713583
  historical:           22.37630266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910078/"
    handle:    "nm0910078"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.littlewalter.net/"
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    title: "Little Walter"
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    title: "Little Walter"
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    title: "Little Walter"
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    title: "Little Walter"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Little Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump