# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lucky-millinder
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:04:13.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lucky-millinder"
name: "Lucky Millinder"
slug: "lucky-millinder"
description: "Lucius Venable \"Lucky\" Millinder was an American swing and rhythm-and-blues bandleader. Although he could not read or write music, did not play an instrument and rarely sang, his showmanship and musical taste made his bands successful. His group was said to have been the greatest big band to play rhythm and blues, and gave work to a number of musicians who later became influential at the dawn of the rock and roll era. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1986."
tagline: "American bandleader (1910–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lucky_Millinder.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: "1910-08-08"
deathDate: "1966-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.96234933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "لوكى ميليندير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Millinder"
    title: "Lucky Millinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Millinder"
    title: "Lucky Millinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Millinder"
    title: "Lucky Millinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Millinder"
    title: "Lucky Millinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Millinder"
    title: "Lucky Millinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Millinder"
    title: "Lucky Millinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Millinder"
    title: "Lucky Millinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Millinder"
    title: "Lucky Millinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Millinder"
    title: "Lucky Millinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Millinder"
    title: "Lucky Millinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/108e3471-2cd5-4a88-939e-0bedf463dfa7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q252474"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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