# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lonnie-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:44:15.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lonnie-smith"
name: "Lonnie Smith"
slug: "lonnie-smith"
description: "Lonnie Smith, styled as Dr. Lonnie Smith, was an American jazz Hammond B3 organist who was a member of the George Benson quartet in the 1960s. He recorded albums with saxophonist Lou Donaldson for Blue Note before being signed as a solo act. He owned the label Pilgrimage, and was named the year's best organist by the Jazz Journalists Association nine times."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1942–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lonnie_Smith.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: "1942-07-03"
deathDate: "2021-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           62.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.79813333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 8150
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6287536/"
    handle:    "nm6287536"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ZpPJRe9erwiWi548SKVyn"
    handle:    "1ZpPJRe9erwiWi548SKVyn"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.drlonniesmith.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCis-douipczmxp-G2OmSNgg"
    handle:    "LONNIE SMITH - Topic"
    followers: 8150
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Lonnie_Smith"
    title: "Dr. Lonnie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "لوني سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "لونى سميث (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB"
    title: "لونی سمیث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Smith_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Lonnie Smith (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Lonnie_Smith"
    title: "Dr. Lonnie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Lonnie_Smith"
    title: "Dr. Lonnie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Smith"
    title: "Lonnie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Lonnie_Smith"
    title: "Dr. Lonnie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Smith"
    title: "Lonnie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Smith"
    title: "Lonnie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Smith"
    title: "Lonnie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Smith_(jazz_musician)"
    title: "Lonnie Smith (jazz musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/58c2a0ee-183d-463a-a8fb-9c388fedd33d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1253980"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3951864"
    title: "Lonnie Smith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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