# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-hamilton-q2083093
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:56:24.564Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-hamilton-q2083093"
name: "Roy Hamilton"
slug: "roy-hamilton-q2083093"
description: "Roy Hamilton was an American singer. By combining semi-classical technique with traditional black gospel feeling, he brought soul to Great American Songbook singing."
tagline: "American musician (1929-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_Hamilton_1957.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: "1929-04-16"
deathDate: "1969-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.46
  momentum:             1.054789414834141
  historical:           11.04010933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358141/"
    handle:    "nm0358141"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/797507"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روي هاميلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روى هاميلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روی هامیلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton"
    title: "Roy Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton_(cantante)"
    title: "Roy Hamilton (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton"
    title: "Roy Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton_(cantante)"
    title: "Roy Hamilton (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton"
    title: "Roy Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton"
    title: "Roy Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hamilton"
    title: "Roy Hamilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7cc68ae2-30ed-404d-8438-2ac36785f69b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2083093"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/196192"
    title: "Roy Hamilton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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