# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-james
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:26:17.947Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-james"
name: "Dick James"
slug: "dick-james"
description: "Richard Leon James was a British music publisher and singer. He and Brian Epstein established The Beatles' publishing company, Northern Songs. Later, with his son Stephen, James founded the DJM record label and recording studios, which signed Elton John and Bernie Taupin."
tagline: "British music publisher (1920–1986)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Dick_James_singer.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1920-12-12"
deathDate: "1986-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.317108000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416434/"
    handle:    "nm0416434"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1016933"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "ديك چيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_James"
    title: "Dick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_James"
    title: "Dick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_James"
    title: "Dick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_James"
    title: "Dick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_James"
    title: "Dick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_James"
    title: "Dick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_James"
    title: "Dick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9d140933-ea58-4531-8862-b7fa7062083d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956426"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2333260"
    title: "Dick James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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