# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-reese-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:37:14.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-reese-jones"
name: "William Reese Jones"
slug: "william-reese-jones"
description: "William Reese Jones was a tenor who recorded during the 1920s and 1930s, finding fame as a radio star on The Happiness Boys radio program."
tagline: "American singer (1889-1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roberts_LCCN2014711970.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: "1889-03-15"
deathDate: "1940-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.37
  momentum:             2.068965517241379
  historical:           6.137581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427585/"
    handle:    "nm0427585"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1261670"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A)"
    title: "بيلي جونز (مغني أمريكي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "بيلى جونز (اذاعى من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Jones_(singer%2C_born_1889)"
    title: "Billy Jones (singer, born 1889)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "بیلی جونز (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Jones_(zanger%2C_1889)"
    title: "Billy Jones (zanger, 1889)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b575c167-df18-4018-b3fd-cbba2f9a6ef2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4912815"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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