# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sherman-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:17:39.676Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sherman-edwards"
name: "Sherman Edwards"
slug: "sherman-edwards"
description: "Sherman Edwards was an American composer, jazz pianist, and songwriter, best known for his songs from the 1969 Broadway musical 1776 and the 1972 film adaptation."
tagline: "American songwriter"
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: "1919-04-04"
deathDate: "1981-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.07
  momentum:             5.625
  historical:           8.170485333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250360/"
    handle:    "nm0250360"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "شيرمان إدواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "شيرمان ادواردز (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "شرمن ادواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Edwards"
    title: "Sherman Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "شرمن ادواردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Edwards"
    title: "Sherman Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Edwards"
    title: "Sherman Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/55b98ea0-48f3-4a50-afcd-154312457463"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7495166"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3147970"
    title: "Sherman Edwards"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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