# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/glen-sherley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:13:23.105Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/glen-sherley"
name: "Glen Sherley"
slug: "glen-sherley"
description: "Glen Milborn Sherley was an American who became a country singer-songwriter after his song \"Greystone Chapel\" was made famous by Johnny Cash in 1968. Sherley wrote the song while in prison and it was later performed by Cash at his Folsom Prison performance, which was eventually released as the album At Folsom Prison. Sherley was in the front row, unaware that his song was going to be performed."
tagline: "American musician (1936–1978)"
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: "1936-03-09"
deathDate: "1978-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.25
  momentum:             25
  historical:           6.214549333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4803517/"
    handle:    "nm4803517"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://glensherley.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f625a2b1-21b5-4f7b-b7d7-e3280df4b87d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "جلين شيرلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Sherley"
    title: "Glen Sherley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Sherley"
    title: "Glen Sherley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Sherley"
    title: "Glen Sherley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Sherley"
    title: "Glen Sherley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Sherley"
    title: "Glen Sherley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464387"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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