# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wild-bill-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:28:27.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wild-bill-davis"
name: "Wild Bill Davis"
slug: "wild-bill-davis"
description: "Wild Bill Davis was the stage name of American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger William Strethen Davis. He is best known for his pioneering jazz electric organ recordings and for his tenure with the Tympany Five, the backing group for Louis Jordan. Prior to the emergence of Jimmy Smith in 1956, Davis was the pacesetter among organists."
tagline: "American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger (1918–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wild_Bill_Davis.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: "1918-11-24"
deathDate: "1995-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.54974933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205652/"
    handle:    "nm0205652"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/338494"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "وايلد بيل ديفيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "وایلد بیل دیفیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis"
    title: "Wild Bill Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis"
    title: "Wild Bill Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis"
    title: "Wild Bill Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis"
    title: "Wild Bill Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis"
    title: "Wild Bill Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis"
    title: "Wild Bill Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis"
    title: "Wild Bill Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis"
    title: "Wild Bill Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Davis"
    title: "Wild Bill Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6b4a5233-1989-4f11-b1b3-78143e0db45d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2570294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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