# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-meniketti
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:36:22.935Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-meniketti"
name: "Dave Meniketti"
slug: "dave-meniketti"
description: "David Alan Meniketti is an American musician, best known as singer, songwriter, and lead guitarist for hard rock/heavy metal band Y&T. He has also released three solo efforts, one of which is more blues-oriented. He currently tours worldwide with Y&T."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Meniketti.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: "1953-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.198349333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DaveMeniketti"
    handle:    "DaveMeniketti"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DaveMeniketti"
    handle:    "DaveMeniketti"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3C0ppkCJLxigPlyVEzRghR"
    handle:    "3C0ppkCJLxigPlyVEzRghR"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.meniketti.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/862506"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A4_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "داڤ مينيكيتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Meniketti"
    title: "Dave Meniketti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Meniketti"
    title: "Dave Meniketti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Meniketti"
    title: "Dave Meniketti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Meniketti"
    title: "Dave Meniketti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9b5034b3-f817-4e9a-a2f6-eb8de7a159cb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q291041"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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