# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/haven-gillespie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:42.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/haven-gillespie"
name: "Haven Gillespie"
slug: "haven-gillespie"
description: "James Lamont Gillespie, known under the pen name Haven Gillespie, was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of \"You Go to My Head\", \"Honey\", \"By the Sycamore Tree\", \"That Lucky Old Sun\", \"Breezin' Along With The Breeze\", \"Right or Wrong,\" \"Beautiful Love\", \"Drifting and Dreaming\", and \"Louisiana Fairy Tale\", each song in collaboration with other people such as Beasley Smith, Ervin R. Schmidt, Richard A. Whiting, Wayne King, J. Fred Coots, and Loyal Curtis. He also wrote the seasonal standard \"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town\"."
tagline: "American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist (1888–1975)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1888-02-06"
deathDate: "1975-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.85
  momentum:             2.215488215488216
  historical:           7.065304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0318939/"
    handle:    "nm0318939"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/583502"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "هافن غيليسبي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haven_Gillespie"
    title: "Haven Gillespie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haven_Gillespie"
    title: "Haven Gillespie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haven_Gillespie"
    title: "Haven Gillespie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haven_Gillespie"
    title: "Haven Gillespie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Гиллеспи, Хейвен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d0693759-d13d-4661-871d-0eb8500acecc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3783706"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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