{
 "id": "bill-ramsey-7beec8e4",
 "name": "Bill Ramsey",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": "German-American jazz and pop singer, journalist and actor",
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "7beec8e4-95d4-4bcf-8e03-42121552984e"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q97341"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "0000000116526769"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "113091"
  ],
  "spotify": [
   "5R8T1Sb49NySRp0JKa4ebZ"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "\"Big\" Bill Ramsey",
  "B. Ramsey",
  "Big Bill Ramsey",
  "Bill Ramsay",
  "Billy Ramsey",
  "RA",
  "Ramsay",
  "Ramsey",
  "William \"Big Bill\" Ramsey",
  "William Ramsey III.",
  "Б. Рамзей"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Germany",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "7beec8e4-95d4-4bcf-8e03-42121552984e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "85752fda-13c4-31a3-bee5-0e5cb1f51dad"
    }
   ]
  },
  "award": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q10905380",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1931-04-17",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "7beec8e4-95d4-4bcf-8e03-42121552984e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1931-04-17",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Cincinnati",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "7beec8e4-95d4-4bcf-8e03-42121552984e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "b2cf490f-a8a7-4875-a1b7-addede3b327f"
    },
    {
     "value": "Cincinnati",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q43196",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "citizenship": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Germany",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q183",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "DE",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "7beec8e4-95d4-4bcf-8e03-42121552984e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "German-American jazz and Schlager singer, journalist and actor (1931–2021)",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31"
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "2021-07-02",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "7beec8e4-95d4-4bcf-8e03-42121552984e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "2021-07-02",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Hamburg",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "7beec8e4-95d4-4bcf-8e03-42121552984e",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "11a44e18-a2e5-43a9-bee9-aa4f7c83f967"
    },
    {
     "value": "Hamburg",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q1055",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "genre": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "schlager music",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q959583",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "instrument": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "voice",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q17172850",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "member_of": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Hamburg Allstars",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "113091",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:2660002",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    }
   ]
  },
  "occupation": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "radio personality",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q2722764",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "recording artist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q55960555",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "journalist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q1930187",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "film actor",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q10800557",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "singer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q177220",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "composer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q36834",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "actor",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q33999",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "musician",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q639669",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "editing staff",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q97341",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-31",
     "ref": "Q876864",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "IMDb",
   "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0708967/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/59513116"
  },
  {
   "kind": "allmusic",
   "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0002614505"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/113091"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ramsey_(singer)"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://www.ramsey.de/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116273"
  },
  {
   "kind": "free streaming",
   "url": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Xxjij7iRnFy1lRjIcdaRL"
  },
  {
   "kind": "image",
   "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bill_Ramsey_by_Steschke.jpg"
  },
  {
   "kind": "lyrics",
   "url": "http://muzikum.eu/en/122-9060/bill-ramsey/lyrics.html"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://www.ramsey.de"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "https://www.ramsey.de/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98110532"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116273"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14218824d"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://d-nb.info/gnd/103937099"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/bill-ramsey"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.45cat.com/artist/bill-ramsey"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/bill-ramsey/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98110532"
  },
  {
   "kind": "secondhandsongs",
   "url": "https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/54417"
  },
  {
   "kind": "songkick",
   "url": "https://www.songkick.com/artists/539761"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97341"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ramsey_(singer)"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/bill-ramsey-7beec8e4",
  "cite_as": "Bill Ramsey, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/bill-ramsey-7beec8e4",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "discogs",
    "dump": "20261001",
    "date": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}