# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:42:00.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-taylor"
name: "Eric Taylor"
slug: "eric-taylor"
description: "Eric Taylor was an American singer-songwriter from Texas, known for his storytelling style, combining spoken words with anecdotal songs to create a theater-style performance. In addition to Taylor's nine solo releases, his songs have been recorded by Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett, Peter Cooper, and others."
tagline: "American musician (1949-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EricTaylor.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: "1949-09-25"
deathDate: "2020-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.78
  momentum:             0.2486187845303867
  historical:           5.746689333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Tz09alfnwRpaz2EB69AT3"
    handle:    "0Tz09alfnwRpaz2EB69AT3"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bluerubymusic.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/475997"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "إريك تايلور (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89)"
    title: "اريك تايلور (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Taylor_(musician)"
    title: "Eric Taylor (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Taylor_(kiaulleyder)"
    title: "Eric Taylor (kiaulleyder)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Taylor_(musician)"
    title: "Eric Taylor (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2aae20f7-8dee-4b50-902e-6645cdc80af9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5387612"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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