# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oscar-benton
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:11.746Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-benton"
name: "Oscar Benton"
slug: "oscar-benton"
description: "Oscar Benton was a Dutch vocalist. He was also the founder of the Oscar Benton Blues Band in 1967. The band rose to fame in 1968 by being a runner up in the Jazz Festival, Loosdrecht, the Netherlands."
tagline: "Dutch artist (1949–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oscar_Benton_blueszanger_in_1996.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-02-03"
deathDate: "2020-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.8
  momentum:             2.764227642276423
  historical:           12.99363333333333
  currentAttention:     15.35682023486901
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072954/"
    handle:    "nm0072954"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/705eqWDI9VlwCfnnsKUkVo"
    handle:    "705eqWDI9VlwCfnnsKUkVo"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.oscarbenton.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "أوسكار بينتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اوسكار بينتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD"
    title: "Оскар Бентън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Benton"
    title: "Oscar Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Benton"
    title: "Oscar Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Benton"
    title: "Oscar Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A8_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "אוסקר בנטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Benton"
    title: "Oscar Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%95%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%A1%D6%80_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A9%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Օսկար Բենթոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Benton"
    title: "Oscar Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Benton"
    title: "Oscar Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Оскар Бентон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Benton"
    title: "Oscar Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Оскар Бентон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e25a6218-13d0-4e7d-ab9c-b107756086b2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4337965"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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