# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shakey-jake-harris
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:16:44.878Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shakey-jake-harris"
name: "Shakey Jake Harris"
slug: "shakey-jake-harris"
description: "James D. \"Shakey Jake\" Harris was an American Chicago blues singer, harmonicist and songwriter. He released six albums over a period of almost 25 years. He was often musically associated with his nephew Magic Sam."
tagline: "American Chicago blues singer, harmonicist and songwriter (1921–1990)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/American_blues_musician_Shakey_Jake_Harris.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
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: "1921-04-12"
deathDate: "1990-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.72
  momentum:             0.1886792452830189
  historical:           7.007776
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3674217"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%89_%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "شاكى چاك هاريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakey_Jake_Harris"
    title: "Shakey Jake Harris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakey_Jake_Harris"
    title: "Shakey Jake Harris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9"
    title: "シェイキー・ジェイク・ハリス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA"
    title: "Шейки Джейк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Шейкі Джейк Гарріс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5eaeaa65-bf16-48f7-8b6f-17ba57a60d06"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1548199"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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