# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/washboard-sam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:11:06.879Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/washboard-sam"
name: "Washboard Sam"
slug: "washboard-sam"
description: "Robert Clifford Brown, known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues musician and singer."
tagline: "American blues singer and musician (1910–1966)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/Washboard_Sam.jpg"
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: "1910-07-15"
deathDate: "1966-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.88
  momentum:             1.201298701298701
  historical:           7.21242
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/313047"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboard_Sam"
    title: "Washboard Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboard_Sam"
    title: "Washboard Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboard_Sam"
    title: "Washboard Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboard_Sam"
    title: "Washboard Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboard_Sam"
    title: "Washboard Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washboard_Sam"
    title: "Washboard Sam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7c913d1c-cef0-4c02-89d2-ecbf6ab5fc21"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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