# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/skip-james
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:34:48.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/skip-james"
name: "Skip James"
slug: "skip-james"
description: "Nehemiah Curtis \"Skip\" James was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. AllMusic stated: \"Coupling an oddball guitar tuning set against eerie, falsetto vocals, James' early recordings could make the hair stand up on the back of your neck.\""
tagline: "American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter (1902–1969)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Skip_James.jpg"
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: "1902-06-09"
deathDate: "1969-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.79
  momentum:             0.8664808715480112
  historical:           22.68773733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/109399225752889"
    handle:    "109399225752889"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1037351/"
    handle:    "nm1037351"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "سكيب جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "سكيب جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "اسکیپ جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Скип Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%82"
    title: "Σκιπ Τζέιμς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "اسکیپ جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1"
    title: "סקיפ ג'יימס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D6%84%D5%AB%D6%83_%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD"
    title: "Սքիփ Ջեյմս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA"
    title: "スキップ・ジェイムズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%ED%82%B5_%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "스킵 제임스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF"
    title: "Джеймс, Скип"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_James"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f205743d-4441-471d-a3af-66f584738e29"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380289"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1079555"
    title: "Skip James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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