# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-paton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:23:17.502Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-paton"
name: "David Paton"
slug: "david-paton"
description: "David Paton is a Scottish bassist, guitarist and singer. He first achieved success in the mid-1970s as lead vocalist and bassist of Pilot, who scored hits with \"Magic\", \"January\", \"Just a Smile\" and \"Call Me Round\" before splitting in 1977. Paton is also known for his work in the original lineup of The Alan Parsons Project (1975-1985), and for working with acts such as Kate Bush, Camel and Elton John."
tagline: "Scottish bass and guitar player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DavidPaton2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.92834533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665717/"
    handle:    "nm0665717"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.davidpaton.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديفيد باتون (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديفيد باتون (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "دیفید باتون (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paton"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paton"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paton"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paton"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paton"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paton"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paton"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paton"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paton"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paton"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a2930d99-e1c9-4ec8-a0f6-3c27136c4744"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2165976"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2126840"
    title: "David Paton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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