# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nappy-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:42:51.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nappy-brown"
name: "Nappy Brown"
slug: "nappy-brown"
description: "Napoleon Brown Goodson Culp better known by his stage name Nappy Brown, was an American R&B singer. His hits include the 1955 Billboard chart No. 2 \"Don't Be Angry\", \"Little By Little\", and \"Night Time Is the Right Time\". His style was recognizable; Brown used a wide vibrato, melisma, and distinctive extra syllables, in particular, \"li-li-li-li-li.\""
tagline: "American R&B singer (1929–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NappyBrownTokyo1996.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: "1929-10-12"
deathDate: "2008-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.99
  momentum:             1.233183856502242
  historical:           7.018036
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/504845"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ناپى برون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nappy_Brown"
    title: "Nappy Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nappy_Brown"
    title: "Nappy Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ナッピー・ブラウン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nappy_Brown"
    title: "Nappy Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B8_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Нэппи Браун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8f9fe421-4255-485e-8180-638fbe1f3401"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1965052"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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