# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shorty-long
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:17:05.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shorty-long"
name: "Shorty Long"
slug: "shorty-long"
description: "Frederick Earl \"Shorty\" Long was an American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1980."
tagline: "American singer (1940–1969)"
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: "1940-05-20"
deathDate: "1969-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.63312
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2341901/"
    handle:    "nm2341901"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/394654"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "شورتى لونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorty_Long"
    title: "Shorty Long"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorty_Long"
    title: "Shorty Long"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorty_Long"
    title: "Shorty Long"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorty_Long"
    title: "Shorty Long"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorty_Long"
    title: "Shorty Long"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d7a71f71-751d-4c3c-a7ec-d13db83f2ae5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7502300"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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