# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/red-mckenzie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:26:35.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/red-mckenzie"
name: "Red McKenzie"
slug: "red-mckenzie"
description: "William 'Red' McKenzie was an American jazz vocalist and musician who played a comb as an instrument. He played the comb-and-paper by placing paper, sometimes strips from the Evening World, over the tines and blowing on it, producing a sound like a kazoo."
tagline: "American musician (1899–1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red_McKenzie%2C_ca._Oct._1946_(William_P._Gottlieb_05761).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: "1899-10-14"
deathDate: "1948-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.31
  momentum:             1.354166666666667
  historical:           6.807848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571598/"
    handle:    "nm0571598"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307432"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A"
    title: "ريد ماكنزي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_McKenzie"
    title: "Red McKenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_McKenzie"
    title: "Red McKenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_McKenzie"
    title: "Red McKenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_McKenzie"
    title: "Red McKenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_McKenzie"
    title: "Red McKenzie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/042db999-bffd-43bb-b34e-1560aa586530"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1600338"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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