# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nancy-king
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:20:05.785Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nancy-king"
name: "Nancy King"
slug: "nancy-king"
description: "Nancy Ellen King was an American jazz singer from Portland, Oregon.\nKnown for her masterful scatting and elastic range, King performed on worldwide tours and recordings, as well as collaborations with such artists as Jon Hendricks, Vince Guaraldi, Glen Moore, Ralph Towner, Dave Friesen, and others."
tagline: "American singer"
gender: "female"
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: "1940-06-15"
deathDate: "2025-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.12
  momentum:             17.18623481781377
  historical:           7.877502666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nancyking.cosmikmuse.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1328794"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "نانسي كينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "نانسى كينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_King"
    title: "Nancy King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_King_(jazz_singer)"
    title: "Nancy King (jazz singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_King"
    title: "Nancy King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_King"
    title: "Nancy King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_King"
    title: "Nancy King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e60c098-25f0-40e1-8d41-da2f4d0750b3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176658"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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