# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ward-swingle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:47:40.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ward-swingle"
name: "Ward Swingle"
slug: "ward-swingle"
description: "Ward Lamar Swingle was an American vocalist and jazz musician who founded The Swingle Singers in France in 1962."
tagline: "American jazz singer (1927–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ward_Swingle_(1964).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: "1927-09-21"
deathDate: "2015-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.414364
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842715/"
    handle:    "nm0842715"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://wardswingle.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "وارد سوئینقل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Swingle"
    title: "Ward Swingle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Swingle"
    title: "Ward Swingle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84"
    title: "وارد سوئینگل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%8C%EB%93%9C_%EC%8A%A4%EC%9C%99%EA%B8%80"
    title: "워드 스윙글"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Swingle"
    title: "Ward Swingle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Swingle"
    title: "Ward Swingle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB"
    title: "Ворд Свінгл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/53ae8d8a-3d72-483f-b651-d4031a89f54e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2549075"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19790"
    title: "Ward Swingle"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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