# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-clay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:22:36.271Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-clay"
name: "Sonny Clay"
slug: "sonny-clay"
description: "William Rogers Campbell \"Sonny\" Clay was an American jazz pianist, drummer, and bandleader, who had an unusual impact on the development of Australian jazz."
tagline: "American musician (1899-1973)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Sonny_Clay_Band%2C_Australia%2C_1928.jpg/330px-Sonny_Clay_Band%2C_Australia%2C_1928.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: "1899-05-15"
deathDate: "1973-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.469798666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Clay"
    title: "Sonny Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "سوني كلاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "سونى كلاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d104e216-b386-4981-8e82-16d8d625df96"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Clay"
    title: "Sonny Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Clay"
    title: "Sonny Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2302242"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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