# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shep-fields
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:19:24.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shep-fields"
name: "Shep Fields"
slug: "shep-fields"
description: "Shep Fields was an American bandleader who led the Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm orchestra during the 1930s. His distinctive Rippling Rhythm sound was featured on big band remote broadcasts from historic hotels nationwide and remained popular with audiences from the 1930s into the early 1960s."
tagline: "American jazz bandleader (1910–1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shep_Fields_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: "1910-09-12"
deathDate: "1981-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.886394666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0276350/"
    handle:    "nm0276350"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/575611"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Fields"
    title: "Shep Fields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Fields"
    title: "Shep Fields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Fields"
    title: "Shep Fields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Fields"
    title: "Shep Fields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Fields"
    title: "Shep Fields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Fields"
    title: "Shep Fields"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8e7afcad-1cb0-4856-ac5c-4ac7041063dd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735080"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1419352"
    title: "Shep Fields"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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