# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clarence-ashley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:25:50.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clarence-ashley"
name: "Clarence Ashley"
slug: "clarence-ashley"
description: "Clarence \"Tom\" Ashley was an American musician and singer, who played the clawhammer banjo and the guitar. He began performing at medicine shows in the Southern Appalachian region as early as 1911, and gained initial fame during the late 1920s as both a solo recording artist and as a member of various string bands. After his \"rediscovery\" during the folk revival of the 1960s, Ashley spent the last years of his life playing at folk music concerts, including appearances at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island."
tagline: "American musician (1895–1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ClarenceAshley.png?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: "1895-09-29"
deathDate: "1967-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.372933333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2721469/"
    handle:    "nm2721469"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.clarenceashley.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/616940"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "كلارنس أشلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "كلارنس اشلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "کلارنس اشلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Ashley"
    title: "Clarence Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Ashley"
    title: "Clarence Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%B4%EB%9D%BC%EB%A0%8C%EC%8A%A4_%EC%95%A0%EC%8A%90%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "클라렌스 애슐리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Ashley"
    title: "Clarence Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Ashley"
    title: "Clarence Ashley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/47c6e951-67f5-45a8-9644-2e7ca375d084"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1095358"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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