# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/slim-harpo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:30:49.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/slim-harpo"
name: "Slim Harpo"
slug: "slim-harpo"
description: "Slim Harpo was an American blues musician, a leading exponent of the swamp blues style, and \"one of the most commercially successful blues artists of his day\". He played guitar and was a master of the blues harmonica, known in blues circles as a \"harp\". His most successful and influential recordings included \"I'm a King Bee\" (1957), \"Rainin' in My Heart\" (1961), and \"Baby Scratch My Back\" (1966), which reached number one on Billboard's R&B chart and number 16 on its broader Hot 100 singles chart."
tagline: "American blues musician (1924-1970)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Slim_Harpo.jpeg"
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: "1924-01-11"
deathDate: "1970-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.13
  momentum:             0.6481481481481483
  historical:           20.900692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1537697/"
    handle:    "nm1537697"
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    title: "Slim Harpo"
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    title: "Slim Harpo"
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    title: "Slim Harpo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slim Harpo"
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    title: "Slim Harpo"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slim Harpo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Slim Harpo"
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    title: "Слім Гарпо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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