# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charlie-sexton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:23:21.586Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charlie-sexton"
name: "Charlie Sexton"
slug: "charlie-sexton"
description: "Charles Wayne Sexton is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Though Sexton is best known for his 1985 album Pictures for Pleasure and as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band, he has also become well known as a music producer. Sexton co-founded Arc Angels and created the Charlie Sexton Sextet. He was still a teenager when he gained fame for his 1985 hit, \"Beat's So Lonely\", from his debut studio album, Pictures for Pleasure."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charlie_Sexton.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: "1968-08-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.66
  momentum:             0.4035608308605341
  historical:           10.37153066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/CharlieSextonMusic"
    handle:    "CharlieSextonMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786631/"
    handle:    "nm0786631"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.charliesexton.com"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/132XHXfIbAJi5jQKmH986p"
    handle:    "Charlie Sexton"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/297950"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Sexton"
    title: "Charlie Sexton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تشارلى سيكستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8E%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "چارلی سێکستن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Sexton"
    title: "Charlie Sexton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Sexton"
    title: "Charlie Sexton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Sexton"
    title: "Charlie Sexton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Sexton"
    title: "Charlie Sexton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "チャーリー・セクストン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Sexton"
    title: "Charlie Sexton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dbc4f242-5402-4801-abdb-091e313ad6cc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933169"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1467543"
    title: "Charlie Sexton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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