# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hoyt-axton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:22:54.414Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hoyt-axton"
name: "Hoyt Axton"
slug: "hoyt-axton"
description: "Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. Among his best-known songs are \"Joy to the World\", \"The Pusher\", \"No No Song\", \"Greenback Dollar\", \"Della and the Dealer\", \"Never Been to Spain\", and \"Boney Fingers\"."
tagline: "American musician (1938–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hoyt_Axton_1976.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1938-03-25"
deathDate: "1999-10-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.63
  momentum:             2.689781792090491
  historical:           18.752708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001924/"
    handle:    "nm0001924"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Qfv2sYwJcGqdqF7UaMZgQ"
    handle:    "4Qfv2sYwJcGqdqF7UaMZgQ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.omhof.com/Inductees/BYYEAR/tabid/86/ItemID/12/Default.aspx"
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    title: "호이트 액스턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump