# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/young-jessie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:21:54.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/young-jessie"
name: "Young Jessie"
slug: "young-jessie"
description: "Obediah Donnell \"Obie\" Jessie was an American R&B, rock and roll and jazz singer and songwriter. He recorded as Young Jessie in the 1950s and 1960s, and was known for his solo career, work with The Flairs and a brief stint in The Coasters. He later performed and recorded jazz as Obie Jessie."
tagline: "American singer (1936-2020)"
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: "1936-12-28"
deathDate: "2020-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.36
  momentum:             1.589222959781335
  historical:           6.814256
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/752094"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A"
    title: "يونغ جيسي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "يونج جيسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Jessie"
    title: "Young Jessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Jessie"
    title: "Young Jessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Jessie"
    title: "Young Jessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Jessie"
    title: "Young Jessie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b07f2b3e-ebea-4738-9197-628c94e5ed2f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3572850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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