# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-manuel-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:25:54.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-manuel-johnson"
name: "William Manuel Johnson"
slug: "william-manuel-johnson"
description: "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."
tagline: "American double bassist (1872–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BillJohnson1909.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: "1872-08-10"
deathDate: "1972-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.76
  momentum:             0.5371900826446282
  historical:           7.675846666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/348884"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "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"
    title: "ويليام مانويل جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Bill Johnson (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(Kontrabassist)"
    title: "Bill Johnson (Kontrabassist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Manuel_Johnson"
    title: "William Manuel Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Manuel_Johnson"
    title: "William Manuel Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(musicien)"
    title: "Bill Johnson (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Johnson_(contrabassist)"
    title: "Bill Johnson (contrabassist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/258c295b-bae6-433b-955b-b590fe4a571d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862216"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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