# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/velma-middleton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:40:39.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/velma-middleton"
name: "Velma Middleton"
slug: "velma-middleton"
description: "Velma Middleton was an American jazz vocalist and entertainer who sang with Louis Armstrong's big bands and small groups from 1942 until her death."
tagline: "American singer (1917–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Velma_Middleton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1917-09-01"
deathDate: "1961-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.64
  momentum:             1
  historical:           10.34679733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585584/"
    handle:    "nm0585584"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فيلما ميدلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Middleton"
    title: "Velma Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Middleton"
    title: "Velma Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Middleton"
    title: "Velma Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Middleton"
    title: "Velma Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Middleton"
    title: "Velma Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Middleton"
    title: "Velma Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Middleton"
    title: "Velma Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Middleton"
    title: "Velma Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Middleton"
    title: "Velma Middleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/86107898-3fdd-495b-b04f-f733781a80c0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q532894"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1134882"
    title: "Velma Middleton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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