# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louie-bellson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:37:47.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louie-bellson"
name: "Louie Bellson"
slug: "louie-bellson"
description: "Louie Bellson, was an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator. He is credited with pioneering the use of two bass drums. His name was often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie."
tagline: "American jazz drummer (1924–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LouieBellson_1980.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: "1924-07-06"
deathDate: "2009-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.5
  momentum:             24.38730853391685
  historical:           17.28870933333334
  currentAttention:     17.84
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 45
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069245/"
    handle:    "nm0069245"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://louiebellson.info/index/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKeIdRAC8yw5mw7T8A3kmnw"
    handle:    "@louiebellsonlegacy4202"
    followers: 45
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "لوى بيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bellson"
    title: "Louis Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louie_Bellson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eeef4695-266c-4bf6-9697-4d0569204f7d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q252126"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216863"
    title: "Louie Bellson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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