# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-bobo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:51:09.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-bobo"
name: "Willie Bobo"
slug: "willie-bobo"
description: "William Correa, better known by his stage name Willie Bobo, was an American Latin jazz percussionist and jazz drummer of Puerto Rican descent. Bobo rejected the stereotypical expectations of Latino music and was noted for his versatility as an authentic Latin percussionist as well as a jazz drummer easily moving stylistically from jazz, Latin, and rhythm and blues music."
tagline: "American jazz percussionist (1934–1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_Bobo_-_Superman.png?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: "1934-02-28"
deathDate: "1983-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.5
  momentum:             0.1090909090909091
  historical:           13.88784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0090409/"
    handle:    "nm0090409"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فيلي بوبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيلى بوبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فیلی بوبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willie Bobo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bobo"
    title: "Willie Bobo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bobo"
    title: "Willie Bobo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bobo"
    title: "Willie Bobo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bobo"
    title: "Willie Bobo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bobo"
    title: "Willie Bobo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bobo"
    title: "Willie Bobo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ウィリー・ボボ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bobo"
    title: "Willie Bobo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Bobo"
    title: "Willie Bobo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE"
    title: "Віллі Бобо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361239"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3993596"
    title: "Willie Bobo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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