# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilton-felder
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:55:09.047Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilton-felder"
name: "Wilton Felder"
slug: "wilton-felder"
description: "Wilton Lewis Felder was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as the Crusaders. Felder played bass on the Jackson 5's hits \"I Want You Back\" (1969) and \"ABC\" (1970) and on Marvin Gaye's \"Let's Get It On\" (1973)."
tagline: "American musician (1940–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilton_Felder.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-08-31"
deathDate: "2015-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.527224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270968/"
    handle:    "nm0270968"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/63cn8iGgLoxEHkp3mMPNXj"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_Felder"
    title: "Wilton Felder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_Felder"
    title: "Wilton Felder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_Felder"
    title: "Wilton Felder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_Felder"
    title: "Wilton Felder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wilton Felder"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump