# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-frank-newton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:32:42.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-frank-newton"
name: "William Frank Newton"
slug: "william-frank-newton"
description: "Frankie Newton was an American jazz trumpeter from Emory, Virginia, United States. He played in several New York City bands in the 1920s and 1930s, including those led by Lloyd Scott, Charlie \"Fess\" Johnson, Chick Webb, Benny Carter, Sam Wooding, and Lucky Millinder."
tagline: "American musician (1906–1954)"
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: "1906-01-04"
deathDate: "1954-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.54
  momentum:             0.2538071065989848
  historical:           8.940605333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307352"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "فرانكي نيوتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Newton"
    title: "Frankie Newton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Newton"
    title: "Frankie Newton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Newton"
    title: "Frankie Newton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Newton"
    title: "Frank Newton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Newton"
    title: "Frank Newton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "フランキー・ニュートン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frank_Newton"
    title: "William Frank Newton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a0aa1e6e-a60c-4a78-863d-d201cedbd092"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1445089"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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