# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ramsey-lewis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:45:40.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ramsey-lewis"
name: "Ramsey Lewis"
slug: "ramsey-lewis"
description: "Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr. was an American jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality. Lewis recorded over 80 albums and received five gold records and three Grammy Awards in his career. His album The In Crowd earned Lewis critical praise and the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance. His best known singles include \"The 'In' Crowd\", \"Wade in the Water\", and \"Sun Goddess\". Until 2009, he was the host of the Ramsey Lewis Morning Show on the Chicago radio station WNUA."
tagline: "American jazz composer (1935–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ramsey_Lewis.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: "1935-05-27"
deathDate: "2022-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.954249516100651
  historical:           18.80824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ramseylewis"
    handle:    "ramseylewis"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RamseyLewisJazz"
    handle:    "RamseyLewisJazz"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507640/"
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    handle:    "7Kfrmups2Z3ncDQmNS5jRc"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ramseylewis.com/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ramsey Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ramsey Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ramsey Lewis"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "რემსი ლუისი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ramsey Lewis"
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    title: "Рамсі Льюїс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ramsey Lewis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1936300"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump