# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sy-oliver
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:54:12.641Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sy-oliver"
name: "Sy Oliver"
slug: "sy-oliver"
description: "Melvin James \"Sy\" Oliver was an American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader."
tagline: "American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader (1910–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sy_Oliver_(1946).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: "1910-12-17"
deathDate: "1988-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.73
  momentum:             1.395348837209302
  historical:           11.82538
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647011/"
    handle:    "nm0647011"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/258007"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "سي أوليفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "سى اوليفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Oliver"
    title: "Sy Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Oliver"
    title: "Sy Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Oliver"
    title: "Sy Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Oliver"
    title: "Sy Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Oliver"
    title: "Sy Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC"
    title: "サイ・オリヴァー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4_%EC%98%AC%EB%A6%AC%EB%B2%84"
    title: "사이 올리버"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Oliver"
    title: "Sy Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Oliver"
    title: "Sy Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy_Oliver"
    title: "Sy Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5b99fa9e-4190-4172-abc0-220f895dab9e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1138796"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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