# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stuff-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:41:41.773Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stuff-smith"
name: "Stuff Smith"
slug: "stuff-smith"
description: "Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith, better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist. He is well known for the song \"If You're a Viper\"."
tagline: "American musician (1909-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stuff_Smith.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: "1909-08-14"
deathDate: "1967-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.61
  momentum:             2.703296703296703
  historical:           14.70828266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "ستوف سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staf_Smit"
    title: "Staf Smit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Stuff Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Stuff Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Stuff Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Stuff Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Stuff Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A3_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA'"
    title: "סטוף סמית'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Stuff Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Stuff Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9"
    title: "スタッフ・スミス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Stuff Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Stuff Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Stuff Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84_%D0%A1%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%82"
    title: "Стафф Сміт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stuff_Smith"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/144d2fce-f7a3-4275-b710-40a385e19554"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1397171"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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