# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-criss
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:20:12.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-criss"
name: "Sonny Criss"
slug: "sonny-criss"
description: "William \"Sonny\" Criss was an American jazz musician."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1927–1977)"
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: "1927-10-23"
deathDate: "1977-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.16980133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/319761"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Criss"
    title: "William Criss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Criss"
    title: "Sonny Criss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Criss"
    title: "Sonny Criss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Criss"
    title: "Sonny Criss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Criss"
    title: "Sonny Criss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "סאני קריס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Criss"
    title: "Sonny Criss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Criss"
    title: "Sonny Criss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ソニー・クリス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Criss"
    title: "Sonny Criss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Criss"
    title: "Sonny Criss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/de0b20ad-fc6f-460f-a21d-d0321e187ffc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353828"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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