# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/geraint-watkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:27:50.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/geraint-watkins"
name: "Geraint Watkins"
slug: "geraint-watkins"
description: "Geraint Meurig Vaughan Watkins is a Welsh singer, songwriter, rock and roll pianist and accordionist. He has backed many notable artists, including Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, Shakin' Stevens and most recently Status Quo. He has also pursued a solo career and issued a number of albums under his own name, the most recent of which, Rush of Blood, was released in September 2019."
tagline: "Welsh musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geraint_Watkins_(2012).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-02-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.12
  momentum:             4.969863088419791
  historical:           6.628116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2978127/"
    handle:    "nm2978127"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/339124"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "جيراينت واتكينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraint_Watkins"
    title: "Geraint Watkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraint_Watkins"
    title: "Geraint Watkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraint_Watkins"
    title: "Geraint Watkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraint_Watkins"
    title: "Geraint Watkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1c36a724-003b-49ff-8498-098c2ee96314"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5548825"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2161046"
    title: "Geraint Watkins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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