# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-jordan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:31:31.333Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-jordan"
name: "Louis Jordan"
slug: "louis-jordan"
description: "Louis Thomas Jordan was an American jazz, blues and jump blues saxophonist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as \"the King of the Jukebox\", he earned his highest profile towards the end of the swing era."
tagline: "American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Jordan%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_ca._July_1946_(William_P._Gottlieb_04721).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: "1908-07-08"
deathDate: "1975-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.66
  momentum:             0.9226736566186107
  historical:           22.83335733333334
  currentAttention:     8.16
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430081/"
    handle:    "nm0430081"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/louis-jordan"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لويس جوردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لوئیس جردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Луи Джордан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لویس جۆردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan"
    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan"
    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Լուի Թոմաս Ջորդան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan"
    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ルイ・ジョーダン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Луис Джорден"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4_%EC%A1%B0%EB%8D%98"
    title: "루이스 조던"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan"
    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan"
    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan"
    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джордан, Луи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b8b30699-7814-4fd1-ab75-6f22f5da0fac"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461011"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2342085"
    title: "Jordan Louis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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