# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-perkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:26:13.193Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-perkins"
name: "Walter Perkins"
slug: "walter-perkins"
description: "Walter \"Baby Sweets\" Perkins was an American jazz drummer."
tagline: "American drummer (1932–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Perkins%2C_1963.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: "1932-02-10"
deathDate: "2004-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.48
  momentum:             0.1712328767123288
  historical:           8.544025333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/320748"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2)"
    title: "والتر بيركنز (عازف جاز)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "والتر بيركنز (عازف جاز من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Perkins"
    title: "Walter Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Perkins"
    title: "Walter Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Perkins_(musician)"
    title: "Walter Perkins (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Perkins"
    title: "Walter Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Perkins"
    title: "Walter Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Perkins"
    title: "Walter Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/32407d0c-0f94-47d2-b96a-abe6a12478ea"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355582"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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