# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clyde-mcphatter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:06:05.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clyde-mcphatter"
name: "Clyde McPhatter"
slug: "clyde-mcphatter"
description: "Clyde Lensley McPhatter was an American rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll singer. He was one of the most widely imitated R&B singers of the 1950s and early 1960s and was a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B."
tagline: "American singer (1932–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clyde_McPhatter_1959.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: "1931-11-15"
deathDate: "1972-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.83
  momentum:             1.311101905550953
  historical:           18.32992933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574167/"
    handle:    "nm0574167"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "كليد مكفاتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clyde McPhatter"
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    title: "Clyde McPhatter"
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    title: "Clyde McPhatter"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_McPhatter"
    title: "Clyde McPhatter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_McPhatter"
    title: "Clyde McPhatter"
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    title: "클라이드 맥패터"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1249306"
    title: "Clyde McPhatter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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