# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-hawkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:18:56.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-hawkins"
name: "Roy Hawkins"
slug: "roy-hawkins"
description: "Roy Theodore Hawkins was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter. After working in clubs, he broke through with his 1950 song \"Why Do Things Happen to Me\" inspired by an auto accident which paralyzed his right arm. Several of his songs, most notably \"The Thrill Is Gone\", were covered by later artists, including Ray Charles, B.B. King, and James Brown."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Roy_Hawkins.jpg"
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: "1903-02-07"
deathDate: "1974-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.678690666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1340897/"
    handle:    "nm1340897"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/631837"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "روي هوكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "روى هوكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hawkins"
    title: "Roy Hawkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hawkins"
    title: "Roy Hawkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hawkins"
    title: "Roy Hawkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hawkins"
    title: "Roy Hawkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/382ff439-cbee-4da1-91ac-8b0296164492"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2170854"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2612180"
    title: "Roy Hawkins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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