# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/magic-sam
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:53:06.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/magic-sam"
name: "Magic Sam"
slug: "magic-sam"
description: "Samuel Gene Maghett, known as Magic Sam, was an American Chicago blues musician. He was born in Grenada County, Mississippi, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. After moving to Chicago at the age of 19, he was signed by Cobra Records and became well known as a bluesman after the release of his first record, \"All Your Love\", in 1957. He was known for his distinctive tremolo guitar playing."
tagline: "American Chicago blues musician (1937-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AABF_1969_Magic_Sam_JT.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: "1937-02-14"
deathDate: "1969-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.75
  momentum:             0.05424954792043401
  historical:           15.15051066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3162968/"
    handle:    "nm3162968"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0XErJwG6aCEj7NpKsEZrrO"
    handle:    "0XErJwG6aCEj7NpKsEZrrO"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/328144"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ماجيك سام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0"
    title: "マジック・サム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC"
    title: "Мэджик Сэм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sam"
    title: "Magic Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC"
    title: "Меджик Сем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d1834301-1ca3-4576-a0af-a81479d5c6b6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549960"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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