# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gwen-guthrie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:37:10.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gwen-guthrie"
name: "Gwen Guthrie"
slug: "gwen-guthrie"
description: "Gwendolyn Guthrie was an American singer-songwriter and pianist who also sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Peter Tosh, The Limit and Madonna, among others, and who wrote songs made famous by Ben E. King, Angela Bofill and Roberta Flack. Guthrie is well known for her 1986 anthem \"Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent,\" and for her 1986 cover of the song \"(They Long to Be) Close to You.\""
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
gender: "female"
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: "1950-07-09"
deathDate: "1999-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.99
  momentum:             4.171729795633704
  historical:           14.12456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0349263/"
    handle:    "nm0349263"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/77HthcNFa6SbicRaQKdhyy"
    handle:    "Gwen Guthrie"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Guthrie"
    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Guthrie"
    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Guthrie"
    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Guthrie"
    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Guthrie"
    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Guthrie"
    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Guthrie"
    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Guthrie"
    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
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    title: "Гатри, Гвен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gwen Guthrie"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0116ef38-f596-440c-a911-8265c2122ab5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4597579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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