# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-king
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:13:05.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-king"
name: "Willie King"
slug: "willie-king"
description: "Willie King was an American blues guitarist and singer, known for shunning fame and playing at a local bar in Mississippi."
tagline: "American musician (1943-2009)"
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: "1943-03-18"
deathDate: "2009-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.539669333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2714323/"
    handle:    "nm2714323"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.willie-king.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1152606"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "فيلي كينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "فيلى كينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_King"
    title: "Willie King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_King"
    title: "Willie King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_King"
    title: "Willie King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_King"
    title: "Willie King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Кинг, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fa7cdddf-9f98-4235-929c-c2853f70316c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3383202"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3222909"
    title: "Willie King"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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