# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/slim-jim-phantom
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:18:36.203Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/slim-jim-phantom"
name: "Slim Jim Phantom"
slug: "slim-jim-phantom"
description: "James McDonnell, known by the stage name Slim Jim Phantom, is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band Stray Cats. Alongside bandmates Brian Setzer and Lee Rocker, he is considered a pioneer of the neo-rockabilly movement of the early 1980s."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slim_Jim_Phantom_Stray_Cats%2C_Sweden_2008.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: "1961-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.19
  momentum:             14.61570968410857
  historical:           13.01120266666667
  currentAttention:     50.97938585236507
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679671/"
    handle:    "nm0679671"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.SlimJimPhantom.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سليم چيم فانتوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Jim_Phantom"
    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Jim_Phantom"
    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Jim_Phantom"
    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Jim_Phantom"
    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Jim_Phantom"
    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Jim_Phantom"
    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Jim_Phantom"
    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Jim_Phantom"
    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Jim_Phantom"
    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC"
    title: "Слим Джим Фантом"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Jim_Phantom"
    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9091e458-bace-43d9-97bd-9d281e18e995"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Slim Jim Phantom"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump