# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/g-e-smith
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:01.747Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/g-e-smith"
name: "G. E. Smith"
slug: "g-e-smith"
description: "George Edward Smith is an American guitarist. Smith was the lead guitarist for the duo Hall & Oates during the band's heyday from 1979 to 1985, playing on several albums and five number one singles. When Hall & Oates took a hiatus in 1985, Smith joined the sketch-comedy show Saturday Night Live, serving as bandleader and co-musical director of the Saturday Night Live Band."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gesmith.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: "1952-01-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.57
  momentum:             3.87276626161544
  historical:           9.032021333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1051686/"
    handle:    "nm1051686"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.myspace.com/gesmithmusic"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/302594"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A._%D8%A5%D9%8A._%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "جي. إي. سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%89._%D8%A7%D9%89._%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "جى. اى. سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E._Smith"
    title: "G. E. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E._Smith"
    title: "G. E. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E._Smith"
    title: "G. E. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジョージ・エドワード・スミス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.E._Smith"
    title: "G.E. Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a289a494-cd2d-458b-91b8-f161dd467626"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5512219"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1426849"
    title: "G.E. Smith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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