# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-bell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:25:28.909Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-bell"
name: "William Bell"
slug: "william-bell"
description: "William Bell is an American soul singer and songwriter. As a performer, he is best known for his debut single, 1961's \"You Don't Miss Your Water\"; 1968's top 10 hit in the UK \"Private Number\", a duet with Judy Clay; and his only US top 40 hit, 1976's \"Tryin' to Love Two\", which also hit No. 1 on the R&B chart. Upon the death of Otis Redding, Bell released the well-received memorial song \"A Tribute to a King\"."
tagline: "American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Bell_soul_singer_1971.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: "1939-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.05
  momentum:             11.96945245834253
  historical:           13.43661733333333
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2975076/"
    handle:    "nm2975076"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0mFoqJiNDtYntypvy6roGR"
    handle:    "0mFoqJiNDtYntypvy6roGR"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.williambell.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "ويليام بيل (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ويليام بيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%84_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "ویلیام بل (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bell_(zp%C4%9Bv%C3%A1k)"
    title: "William Bell (zpěvák)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bell_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "William Bell (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bell_(singer)"
    title: "William Bell (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%84_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "ویلیام بل (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bell_(chanteur)"
    title: "William Bell (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bell_(cantante)"
    title: "William Bell (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB_(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "ウィリアム・ベル (歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bell"
    title: "William Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bell_(cantor)"
    title: "William Bell (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bell"
    title: "William Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d9c9cfb7-f751-4fb0-97c0-b3ddd768bc78"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3028826"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1951494"
    title: "William Bell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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