# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-neil
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:23:10.799Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-neil"
name: "Fred Neil"
slug: "fred-neil"
description: "Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter active in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material, particularly \"Everybody's Talkin'\", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after it was used in the film Midnight Cowboy in 1969. Though highly regarded by contemporary folk singers, he was reluctant to tour and spent much of the last 30 years of his life assisting with the preservation of dolphins."
tagline: "American recording artist, singer, songwriter (1936-2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/FredNeil.png"
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: "1936-03-16"
deathDate: "2001-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.53
  momentum:             4.519056261343014
  historical:           16.382952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1009725/"
    handle:    "nm1009725"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xmUdkZUQbtMM62XP4nnb6"
    handle:    "3xmUdkZUQbtMM62XP4nnb6"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.fredneil.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/56479"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "فرد نيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "فرد نيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "فرد نیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BB"
    title: "Фред Нийл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "فرد نیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9C"
    title: "פרד ניל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Neil"
    title: "Fred Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f51a55d0-5f9a-4df9-8a05-ab7bf56fa49d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1452463"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2780335"
    title: "Fred Neilsen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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