# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clyde-otis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:13:03.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clyde-otis"
name: "Clyde Otis"
slug: "clyde-otis"
description: "Clyde Lovern Otis was an American songwriter and record producer, best known for his collaboration with singer Brook Benton, and for being one of the first African-American A&R executives at a major label."
tagline: "American songwriter, record producer, music executive (1924-2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/Clyde_Otis.jpg"
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: "1924-09-11"
deathDate: "2008-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.94
  momentum:             2.259507829977629
  historical:           7.019728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652896/"
    handle:    "nm0652896"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/253419"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "كلايد أوتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "کلاید اوتیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Otis"
    title: "Clyde Otis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Otis"
    title: "Clyde Otis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Otis"
    title: "Clyde Otis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "クライド・オーティス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/80dc1943-3f7f-41be-a737-e58b4488456b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5136992"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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