# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pops-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:54:58.355Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pops-foster"
name: "Pops Foster"
slug: "pops-foster"
description: "George Murphy \"Pops\" Foster was an American jazz musician, best known for his vigorous slap bass playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally."
tagline: "American musician (1892–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pops_Foster.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: "1892-05-19"
deathDate: "1969-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.48
  momentum:             0.375
  historical:           8.946653333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307454"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Foster"
    title: "Pops Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Foster"
    title: "Pops Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Foster"
    title: "Pops Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Foster"
    title: "Pop Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8"
    title: "פופס פוסטר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Foster"
    title: "Pops Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Foster"
    title: "Pops Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pops_Foster"
    title: "Pops Foster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6c097081-53d9-417f-a169-2eface036ca7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2005676"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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