# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-payne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:08:53.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-payne"
name: "Sonny Payne"
slug: "sonny-payne"
description: "Sonny Payne was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with Count Basie and Harry James."
tagline: "American jazz drummer (1926–1979)"
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: "1926-05-04"
deathDate: "1979-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.58
  momentum:             2.033898305084746
  historical:           8.353421333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/321928"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سوني باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سونى باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "سونی باین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Payne"
    title: "Sonny Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Payne"
    title: "Sonny Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Payne"
    title: "Sonny Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "סוני פיין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Payne"
    title: "Sonny Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b6372c2f-a092-4d96-a6f3-1f29826df090"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358286"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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