# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tiny-grimes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:28:54.980Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tiny-grimes"
name: "Tiny Grimes"
slug: "tiny-grimes"
description: "Lloyd \"Tiny\" Grimes was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He was a member of the Art Tatum Trio from 1943 to 1944, was a backing musician on recording sessions, and later led his own bands, including a recording session with Charlie Parker. He is notable for playing the electric tenor guitar, a four-stringed instrument."
tagline: "American jazz and R&B guitarist (1916–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugues_Panassi%C3%A9_and_Tiny_Grimes%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_between_1946_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb_06711).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: "1916-07-07"
deathDate: "1989-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.4
  momentum:             13.61786732056465
  historical:           12.49777066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5980381/"
    handle:    "nm5980381"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/330703"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Grimes"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Grimes"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Grimes"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Grimes"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Grimes"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Grimes"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Grimes"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Grimes"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9"
    title: "タイニー・グライムス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Grimes"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Grimes"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Тайні Граймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/096d99c3-0b30-4a51-9e7b-ddda275f4216"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1375067"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2474822"
    title: "Tiny Grimes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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