# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/burke-shelley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:56:36.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/burke-shelley"
name: "Burke Shelley"
slug: "burke-shelley"
description: "John Burke Shelley was a Welsh musician, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist of the early heavy metal band Budgie."
tagline: "Welsh bassist and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Burke_Shelley.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-04-10"
deathDate: "2022-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.790938666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.budgie.uk.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/470968"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Burke_Shelley"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "بيرك شيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "بيرك شيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_Shelley"
    title: "Burke Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_Shelley"
    title: "Burke Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_Shelley"
    title: "Burke Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_Shelley"
    title: "Burke Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_Shelley"
    title: "Burke Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_Shelley"
    title: "Burke Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_Shelley"
    title: "Burke Shelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bdad361f-3a99-4c0d-8237-66afe1d117a0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2928498"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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