# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emitt-rhodes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:35:50.680Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emitt-rhodes"
name: "Emitt Rhodes"
slug: "emitt-rhodes"
description: "Emitt Lynn Rhodes was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer. At the age of 14, Rhodes began his career in musical ensemble the Palace Guard as the group's drummer before joining the Merry-Go-Round as a multi-instrumentalist. He has been called the \"One-Man Beatles\" due to the style and skill of his songwriting and instrumentation."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer (1950-2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Emitt_Rhodes-en.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950-02-25"
deathDate: "2020-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.57
  momentum:             0.1041046995835812
  historical:           8.655625333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1yap1SgRPMxgyfrrDlQ95y"
    handle:    "1yap1SgRPMxgyfrrDlQ95y"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.emittrhodesmusic.net/emittstory.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/281385"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emitt_Rhodes"
    title: "Emitt Rhodes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emitt_Rhodes"
    title: "Emitt Rhodes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emitt_Rhodes"
    title: "Emitt Rhodes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emitt_Rhodes"
    title: "Emitt Rhodes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emitt_Rhodes"
    title: "Emitt Rhodes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emitt_Rhodes"
    title: "Emitt Rhodes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emitt_Rhodes"
    title: "Emitt Rhodes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emitt_Rhodes"
    title: "Emitt Rhodes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/87fa7ab0-2720-46c4-8926-900f4d916e66"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3724610"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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