# William Manuel Johnson

> William Manuel "Bill" Johnson was an American jazz musician who played banjo and double bass; he is considered the father of the "slap" style of double bass playing.

*American double bassist (1872–1972)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-manuel-johnson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1872-08-10
- **Died:** 1972-12-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 7.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/348884)
- [ويليام مانويل جونسون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Bill Johnson (hudebník)](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(hudebn%C3%ADk))
- [Bill Johnson (Kontrabassist)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(Kontrabassist))
- [William Manuel Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Manuel_Johnson)
- [William Manuel Johnson](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Manuel_Johnson)
- [Bill Johnson (musicien)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(musicien))
- [Bill Johnson (contrabassist)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(contrabassist))
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/258c295b-bae6-433b-955b-b590fe4a571d)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862216)

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