# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/symphony-sid
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:38:16.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/symphony-sid"
name: "Symphony Sid"
slug: "symphony-sid"
description: "Sid Torin, known professionally as \"Symphony Sid\", was a long-time jazz disc jockey in the United States. Many critics have credited him with introducing bebop to a mass audience."
tagline: "American DJ (1909–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Symphony_Sid_and_Josh_White%2C_WHOM%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_between_1946_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb_15291).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1909-12-14"
deathDate: "1984-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.282398666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_Sid"
    title: "Symphony Sid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "سيمفونى سيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_Sid"
    title: "Symphony Sid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c1d7f3c7-ed3f-4152-ad60-706a20b64156"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_Sid"
    title: "Symphony Sid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_Sid"
    title: "Symphony Sid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360429"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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