# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/papa-charlie-jackson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:58:27.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/papa-charlie-jackson"
name: "Papa Charlie Jackson"
slug: "papa-charlie-jackson"
description: "William Henry \"Papa Charlie\" Jackson was an early African American bluesman and songster who accompanied himself with a banjo guitar, a guitar, or a ukulele. His recording career began in 1924. Much of his life remains a mystery, but his draft card lists his birthplace as New Orleans, Louisiana, and his death certificate states that he died in Chicago, Illinois, on May 7, 1938."
tagline: "American bluesman and songster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Papa_Charlie_Jackson.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: "1885"
deathDate: "1938-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.820808
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2657378/"
    handle:    "nm2657378"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/436787"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بابا تشارلي جاكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بابا تشارلى جاكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Charlie_Jackson"
    title: "Papa Charlie Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Charlie_Jackson"
    title: "Papa Charlie Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Charlie_Jackson"
    title: "Papa Charlie Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Charlie_Jackson"
    title: "Papa Charlie Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "پاپا شارلی جکسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Charlie_Jackson"
    title: "Papa Charlie Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Charlie_Jackson"
    title: "Papa Charlie Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Charlie_Jackson"
    title: "Papa Charlie Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%8C%ED%8C%8C_%EC%B0%B0%EB%A6%AC_%EC%9E%AD%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "파파 찰리 잭슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Charlie_Jackson"
    title: "Papa Charlie Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c0b0d027-826a-4d22-97db-d89256302a8b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322760"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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