# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tab-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:18:16.424Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tab-smith"
name: "Tab Smith"
slug: "tab-smith"
description: "Talmadge \"Tab\" Smith was an American swing and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist. He is best remembered for the tracks \"Because of You\" and \"Pretend\". He worked with Count Basie, the Mills Rhythm Boys and Lucky Millinder."
tagline: "American saxophonist (1909–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tab_Smith_New_York_between_1946_and_1948.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: "1909-01-11"
deathDate: "1971-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.4
  momentum:             5.833333333333335
  historical:           7.006336
  currentAttention:     7.88
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8939733/"
    handle:    "nm8939733"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/312961"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Smith"
    title: "Tab Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Smith"
    title: "Tab Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Smith"
    title: "Tab Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Smith"
    title: "Tab Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Smith"
    title: "Tab Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_Smith"
    title: "Tab Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/322c0da1-fcff-47c3-bf5a-1aef63805173"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366599"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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