{
 "id": "james-booker-fe155348",
 "name": "James Booker",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": null,
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "fe155348-c8a6-4d09-af55-4d9a53b89e76"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q1233935"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "0000000059459095"
  ],
  "ipi": [
   "00003691700"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "323165"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "\"Little\" Booker",
  "Bocker",
  "Booker",
  "J Booker",
  "J. Booker",
  "J. C. Booker",
  "James \"Mr. Piano\" Booker",
  "James Booker And His Organ",
  "James Booker III",
  "James C. Booker",
  "James Carol Booker III",
  "James Caroll Booker III",
  "James Carroll Booker",
  "James Carroll Booker \"The Black Liberace\"",
  "James Carroll Booker III",
  "James Carroll Booker lll",
  "James Carroll Booker, III",
  "James Carroll III Booker",
  "Little Booker",
  "T. Booker"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "fe155348-c8a6-4d09-af55-4d9a53b89e76",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "489ce91b-6658-3307-9877-795b68554c98"
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1939-12-17",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "fe155348-c8a6-4d09-af55-4d9a53b89e76",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1939-12-17",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "New Orleans",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "fe155348-c8a6-4d09-af55-4d9a53b89e76",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "3c5a0506-d852-4e96-8d1e-d8126328f3be"
    },
    {
     "value": "New Orleans",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q34404",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "citizenship": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q30",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "US",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "fe155348-c8a6-4d09-af55-4d9a53b89e76",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "American musician and singer (1939–1983)",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04"
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1983-11-08",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "fe155348-c8a6-4d09-af55-4d9a53b89e76",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1983-11-08",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "New Orleans",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "fe155348-c8a6-4d09-af55-4d9a53b89e76",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "3c5a0506-d852-4e96-8d1e-d8126328f3be"
    },
    {
     "value": "New Orleans",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q34404",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "genre": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "blues",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q9759",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "jazz",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q8341",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "instrument": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "voice",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q17172850",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "piano",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q5994",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "member_of": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "American Federation of Musicians. Local 496 (New Orleans, La.)",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q66949304",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "occupation": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "singer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q177220",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "jazz musician",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q15981151",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "pianist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q486748",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "record_label": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Island Records",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1233935",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-04",
     "ref": "Q190585",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/74043682"
  },
  {
   "kind": "biography",
   "url": "http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/james_booker.htm"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discography page",
   "url": "http://www.wirz.de/music/bookefrm.htm"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/323165"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Booker"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://www.bayoumaharajah.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "image",
   "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Booker.jpg"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83176124"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13956520m"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://d-nb.info/gnd/134624009"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/james_booker"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83176124"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1233935"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Booker"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/james-booker-fe155348",
  "cite_as": "James Booker, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/james-booker-fe155348",
  "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": "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"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-04T113007",
    "date": "2026-11-04",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-05T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-05",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-06T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-06",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}