# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-banks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:46:29.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-banks"
name: "Louis Banks"
slug: "louis-banks"
description: "Louis Banks is an Indian film composer, record producer, keyboardist, and singer. He has often been referred to as the 'Godfather of Indian jazz'."
tagline: "Indian singer, film composer, record producer and jazz musician-keyboardist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Banks.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.95
  momentum:             5.927419354838708
  historical:           10.17462533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052208/"
    handle:    "nm0052208"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1101438"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "لويس بانكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "لويس بانكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Banks"
    title: "Louis Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80"
    title: "डम्बर बहादुर बुढापीर्थी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Banks"
    title: "Louis Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Banks"
    title: "Louis Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Banks"
    title: "Louis Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "ലൂയിസ് ബാങ്ക്സ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80"
    title: "डम्बर बहादुर बुढापीर्थी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%D8%B3_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "لوئس بینکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/152104d9-4dc4-4aa9-8265-c809428f0391"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4320690"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1760066"
    title: "Louis Banks"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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