# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sammy-kaye
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:09:24.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sammy-kaye"
name: "Sammy Kaye"
slug: "sammy-kaye"
description: "Sammy Kaye was an American bandleader and songwriter, whose tag line, \"Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye\", became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era. The expression springs from his first hit single in 1937, \"Swing and Sway\". He was the first to record and release the standard \"Blueberry Hill\" in 1940. During World War II, he co-wrote and recorded the anthemic \"Remember Pearl Harbor\". He was the first to record and release the #1 song \"Daddy\" in 1941. His final #1 hit was \"Harbor Lights\" in 1950."
tagline: "American big band leader and musician (1910–1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sammy_Kaye_1952.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: "1910-03-13"
deathDate: "1987-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.33
  momentum:             2.564721069996734
  historical:           9.451012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443387/"
    handle:    "nm0443387"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sammykayeorchestra.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/963728"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "سامي كاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "سامى كاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kaye"
    title: "Sammy Kaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kaye"
    title: "Sammy Kaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kaye"
    title: "Sammy Kaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4"
    title: "サミー・ケイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kaye"
    title: "Sammy Kaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kaye"
    title: "Sammy Kaye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2457081d-f162-46b4-b8e7-d89d44c3935a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2217509"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238710"
    title: "Sammy Kaye"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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