# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otis-blackwell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:04:09.614Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otis-blackwell"
name: "Otis Blackwell"
slug: "otis-blackwell"
description: "Otis Blackwell was an American songwriter whose work influenced rock and roll. His compositions include \"Fever\", \"Great Balls of Fire\" and \"Breathless\", \"Don't Be Cruel\", \"All Shook Up\", and \"Return to Sender\", and \"Handy Man\"."
tagline: "American songwriter (1931–2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Otis_Blackwell.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
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: "1931-02-16"
deathDate: "2002-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.42
  momentum:             1.489569752281617
  historical:           15.86023333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085941/"
    handle:    "nm0085941"
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    title: "Otis Blackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Blackwell"
    title: "Otis Blackwell"
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    title: "Otis Blackwell"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otis Blackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%ED%8B%B0%EC%8A%A4_%EB%B8%94%EB%9E%99%EC%9B%B0"
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    title: "Otis Blackwell"
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    title: "Блэквелл, Отис"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump