# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sharkey-bonano
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:19:53.492Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sharkey-bonano"
name: "Sharkey Bonano"
slug: "sharkey-bonano"
description: "Joseph Gustaf \"Sharkey\" Bonano, also known as Sharkey Banana or Sharkey Bananas, was an American jazz trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist. His musical abilities were sometimes overlooked because of his love of being an entertainer; he would often sing silly lyrics in a high raspy voice and break into dance on stage."
tagline: "American trumpeter, band leader, vocalist (1904–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SharkeyBandstand1950Kubrick.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: "1904-04-09"
deathDate: "1972-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.86
  momentum:             13.33333333333333
  historical:           6.137617333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1590054/"
    handle:    "nm1590054"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/326806"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharkey_Bonano"
    title: "Sharkey Bonano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharkey_Bonano"
    title: "Sharkey Bonano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharkey_Bonano"
    title: "Sharkey Bonano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharkey_Bonano"
    title: "Sharkey Bonano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharkey_Bonano"
    title: "Sharkey Bonano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0f6f6cf5-2449-4e11-9fdb-0a380a94bf9a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318323"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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