# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/monty-sunshine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:26:26.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/monty-sunshine"
name: "Monty Sunshine"
slug: "monty-sunshine"
description: "Monty Sunshine was an English jazz clarinettist, who is known for his clarinet solo on the track \"Petite Fleur\", a million seller for the Chris Barber Jazz Band in 1959. During his career, Sunshine worked with the Eager Beavers, the Crane River Jazz Band, Beryl Bryden, George Melly, Chris Barber, Johnny Parker, Diz Disley and Donegan's Dancing Sunshine Band."
tagline: "English clarinetist (1928-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MontySunshine-pjt2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1928-04-09"
deathDate: "2010-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.681102666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3060675/"
    handle:    "nm3060675"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/270090"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Sunshine"
    title: "Monty Sunshine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Sunshine"
    title: "Monty Sunshine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Sunshine"
    title: "Monty Sunshine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Sunshine"
    title: "Monty Sunshine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Sunshine"
    title: "Monty Sunshine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Sunshine"
    title: "Monty Sunshine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/acd0eef2-74b7-4212-80c2-c8c5db09d039"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1946501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4561110"
    title: "Monty Sunshine"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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