# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-ham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:15:21.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-ham"
name: "Bill Ham"
slug: "bill-ham"
description: "Billy Mack Ham was an American music impresario, best known as the manager, producer, and image-maker for the blues-rock band ZZ Top. Ham also gained prominence in the country music world by discovering and managing multi-platinum singer-songwriter Clint Black."
tagline: "American record producer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/American_music_manager_Bill_Ham.png"
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: "1937-02-04"
deathDate: "2016-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.721962666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lone-wolf.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/261067"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "بيل هام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "بيل هام (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ham"
    title: "Bill Ham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ham"
    title: "Bill Ham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ham"
    title: "Bill Ham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ham"
    title: "Bill Ham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8D%D0%BC%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Хэм, Билл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/13c2787c-5887-4316-8ec1-c0735da8e08a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4909284"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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