# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charley-patton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:35:16.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charley-patton"
name: "Charley Patton"
slug: "charley-patton"
description: "Charlie Patton, more often spelled Charley Patton, was an American Delta blues musician and songwriter. Considered by many to be the \"Father of the Delta Blues\", he created an enduring body of American music and inspired most Delta blues musicians. The musicologist Robert Palmer considered him one of the most important American musicians of the twentieth century."
tagline: "American Delta blues musician (1891–1934)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1891"
deathDate: "1934-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump