# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-layton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:20:08.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-layton"
name: "Chris Layton"
slug: "chris-layton"
description: "Christopher Layton, is an American drummer who rose to fame as one of the founding members of Double Trouble, a blues rock band led by Stevie Ray Vaughan."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Layton_(cropped).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: "1955-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.764514666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157042/"
    handle:    "nm1157042"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/328684"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كريس لايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%9B%CE%AD%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD"
    title: "Κρις Λέιτον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Layton"
    title: "Chris Layton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Layton"
    title: "Chris Layton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Layton"
    title: "Chris Layton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Лейтон, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fdf1ba18-8ffd-43b2-8fd0-d617d0b4e120"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2964780"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106937"
    title: "Chris Layton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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