# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:03:11.810Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-johnson"
name: "Willie Johnson"
slug: "willie-johnson"
description: "Willie Johnson was an American electric blues guitarist. He is best known as the principal guitarist in Howlin' Wolf's band from 1948 to 1953. His raucous, distorted guitar playing is prominent on Howlin' Wolf's Memphis recordings during 1951–1953, including the hit song \"How Many More Years\"."
tagline: "American musician (1923–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie-Johnson-by-James-Fraher-Chicago-1984-square.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: "1923-03-04"
deathDate: "1995-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.45
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.352809333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/763649"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فيلي جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فيلى جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnson"
    title: "Willie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnson_(guitarist)"
    title: "Willie Johnson (guitarist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnson"
    title: "Willie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnson"
    title: "Willie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Johnson"
    title: "Willie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8_(%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Джонсон, Вилли (гитарист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/722721a1-fe7d-40d4-b9f8-035e9aa8d3b4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2581459"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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