# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-big-eyes-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:04:49.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-big-eyes-smith"
name: "Willie \"Big Eyes\" Smith"
slug: "willie-big-eyes-smith"
description: "Willie Lee \"Big Eyes\" Smith was an American electric blues vocalist, harmonica player, and drummer. He was best known for several stints with the Muddy Waters band beginning in the early 1960s."
tagline: "American electric blues singer, harmonica player and drummer (1936–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_Big_Eyes_Smith.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: "1936-01-19"
deathDate: "2011-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.28164266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810358/"
    handle:    "nm0810358"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/304417"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%22%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%22_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "ويلى \"بيج ايس\" سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith_(bluesov%C3%BD_hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Willie Smith (bluesový hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith_(Schlagzeuger)"
    title: "Willie Smith (Schlagzeuger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%22Big_Eyes%22_Smith"
    title: "Willie \"Big Eyes\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%22Big_Eyes%22_Smith"
    title: "Willie \"Big Eyes\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%E2%80%9DBig_Eyes%E2%80%9D_Smith"
    title: "Willie ”Big Eyes” Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%22Big_Eyes%22_Smith"
    title: "Willie \"Big Eyes\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith_(drummer)"
    title: "Willie Smith (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%C2%ABBig_Eyes%C2%BB_Smith"
    title: "Willie «Big Eyes» Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%22Big_Eyes%22_Smith"
    title: "Willie \"Big Eyes\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Смит, Вилли (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%C2%AB%D0%91%D1%96%D0%B3_%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%B7%C2%BB_%D0%A1%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%82"
    title: "Віллі «Біг Айз» Сміт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e43c6769-ad7a-4811-991f-ae1cafe72b76"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q645393"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1945066"
    title: "Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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