# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-olney
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:14:50.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-olney"
name: "David Olney"
slug: "david-olney"
description: "David Charles Olney was an American folk singer-songwriter. Olney recorded more than twenty albums over his five-decade career. His songs have been covered by numerous artists, including Emmylou Harris, Del McCoury, Linda Ronstadt and Steve Earle."
tagline: "American folk singer"
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: "1948-03-23"
deathDate: "2020-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           61.8
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.431608
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 2640
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DavidOlney"
    handle:    "DavidOlney"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/100976180074"
    handle:    "100976180074"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdB5Sdl88eixK-PFXWnV7IQ"
    handle:    "@davidolney615"
    followers: 2640
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/860064"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olney"
    title: "David Olney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olney"
    title: "David Olney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olney"
    title: "David Olney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olney"
    title: "David Olney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%99"
    title: "דייוויד אולני"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olney"
    title: "David Olney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olney"
    title: "David Olney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Олни, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Olney"
    title: "David Olney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f7d5d4d-0cdc-41dd-82b0-6b03ace04a6a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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