# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-gaither
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:14:03.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-gaither"
name: "Bill Gaither"
slug: "bill-gaither"
description: "William James Gaither is an American singer and songwriter of Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music. He has written numerous popular Christian songs with his wife Gloria; he is also known for performing as part of the Bill Gaither Trio and the Gaither Vocal Band. In the 1990s, his career gained a resurgence, as popularity grew for the Gaither Homecoming series. In 2023, he released a secular music album with the Gaither Vocal Band entitled Love Songs."
tagline: "American singer and songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Gaither_-_Oslo_-_2008.JPG?width=1200"
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: "1936-03-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.71
  momentum:             0.3350675089805524
  historical:           13.06739866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1510079/"
    handle:    "nm1510079"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4vZfjIUpvHeHpq47Y5NobO"
    handle:    "4vZfjIUpvHeHpq47Y5NobO"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gaither.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيل غيثر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither_(Gospels%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Bill Gaither (Gospelsänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither"
    title: "Bill Gaither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither"
    title: "Bill Gaither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither"
    title: "Bill Gaither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither"
    title: "Bill Gaither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither"
    title: "Bill Gaither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither_(penyanyi_gospel)"
    title: "Bill Gaither (penyanyi gospel)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither"
    title: "Bill Gaither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither"
    title: "Bill Gaither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither"
    title: "Bill Gaither"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gaither_(gospel_singer)"
    title: "Bill Gaither (gospel singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aa3d9d58-46aa-4f52-9985-30a98176d1e3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795012"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/974362"
    title: "Bill Gaither"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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