# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilli-smyth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:08:40.972Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilli-smyth"
name: "Gilli Smyth"
slug: "gilli-smyth"
description: "Gillian Mary Smyth was an English musician best known for co-founding the Canterbury scene group Gong with her partner Daevid Allen in 1967. She also released music with spinoff groups Mother Gong and Planet Gong as well as releasing several solo albums and albums in collaboration with other members of Gong. In Gong, she often performed under the name Shakti Yoni, contributing poems and vocals dubbed \"space whispers\"."
tagline: "British singer and poet (1933–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gong-Zappa-Tel-Aviv-2009-10-31-10.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1933-06-01"
deathDate: "2016-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.98016933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4748743/"
    handle:    "nm4748743"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gillismyth.com/gillismyth/index.html"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "جيلى سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilli_Smyth"
    title: "Gilli Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilli_Smyth"
    title: "Gilli Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilli_Smyth"
    title: "Gilli Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilli_Smyth"
    title: "Gilli Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilli_Smyth"
    title: "Gilli Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジリ・スマイス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilli_Smyth"
    title: "Gilli Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilli_Smyth"
    title: "Gilli Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilli_Smyth"
    title: "Gilli Smyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Смит, Джилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/219c937b-9396-49cf-b834-d38ef3df685a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2320801"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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