# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-wolfman-washington
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:31:02.035Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-wolfman-washington"
name: "Walter \"Wolfman\" Washington"
slug: "walter-wolfman-washington"
description: "Walter \"Wolfman\" Washington was an American singer and guitarist, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. While his roots were in blues music, he blended in the essence of funk and R&B to create his own unique sound."
tagline: "American singer and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WalterWolfmanWashington2008.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: "1943-12-21"
deathDate: "2022-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.59
  momentum:             13.44827586206897
  historical:           7.010764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2288962/"
    handle:    "nm2288962"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.walterwolfmanwashington.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/394618"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%86"
    title: "والتر واشنطن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Washington_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Walter Washington (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_%22Wolfman%22_Washington"
    title: "Walter \"Wolfman\" Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Washington"
    title: "Walter Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%22%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%22%E3%83%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ウォルター\"ウルフマン\"ワシントン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Вашингтон, Уолтер (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3e5cfcf1-4bd5-4b2e-9649-904a010b5659"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7964114"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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