# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mighty-joe-young
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:09:09.903Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mighty-joe-young"
name: "Mighty Joe Young"
slug: "mighty-joe-young"
description: "Joseph Young Jr., known as Mighty Joe Young, was an American Chicago blues guitarist."
tagline: "American Chicago blues guitarist (1927–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mighty_Joe_Young.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: "1927-09-23"
deathDate: "1999-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.149497333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4187683/"
    handle:    "nm4187683"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/328146"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%89_%DA%86%D9%88_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ميجتى چو يونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young"
    title: "Mighty Joe Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young_(musician)"
    title: "Mighty Joe Young (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Майти Джо Янг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Майті Джо Янг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3963264b-1af2-49b5-be47-beeb815992de"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1391786"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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