# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/major-lance
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:33:43.322Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/major-lance"
name: "Major Lance"
slug: "major-lance"
description: "Major Lance was an American R&B singer. After a number of US hits in the 1960s, including \"The Monkey Time\" and \"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um\", he became an iconic figure in Britain in the 1970s among followers of Northern Soul. Although he stopped making records in 1982, Major Lance continued to perform at concerts and on tours until his death in 1994. His daughter, Keisha Lance Bottoms, was the 60th mayor of Atlanta."
tagline: "American singer (1939–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Major_Lance_1965.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: "1939-04-04"
deathDate: "1994-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.17220933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484209/"
    handle:    "nm0484209"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/228849"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ميجر لانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ميجر لانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Lance"
    title: "Major Lance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Lance"
    title: "Major Lance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "میجر لانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Lance"
    title: "Major Lance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Lance"
    title: "Major Lance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "メイジャー・ランス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Lance"
    title: "Major Lance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Lance"
    title: "Major Lance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f8b614b-cfc5-463e-a3f1-c6efdb26b443"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12858987"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1243147"
    title: "Major Lance"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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