# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-paul
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:11:23.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-paul"
name: "Billy Paul"
slug: "billy-paul"
description: "Paul Williams, known professionally as Billy Paul, was an American soul singer, known for his 1972 No. 1 single \"Me and Mrs. Jones\". His 1973 album and single War of the Gods blends his more conventional pop, soul, and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter (1934-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Paul.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: "1934-12-01"
deathDate: "2016-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.36
  momentum:             0.09551101655076479
  historical:           19.77723866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1495283/"
    handle:    "nm1495283"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/187xgSpsFH8mMbAcoCW0zE"
    handle:    "187xgSpsFH8mMbAcoCW0zE"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://billyp7.wixsite.com/soul-artist"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيلي باول (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيلى وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D9%84"
    title: "بیلی پل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ビリー・ポール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Paul"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Біллі Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7e8a2d88-ebed-433c-9971-643a66834835"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863212"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1176349"
    title: "Billy Paul"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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