# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hy-zaret
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:23:06.915Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hy-zaret"
name: "Hy Zaret"
slug: "hy-zaret"
description: "Hy Zaret was an American Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer who wrote the lyrics of the 1955 hit \"Unchained Melody\", one of the most-recorded songs of the 20th century."
tagline: "American lyricist and composer (1907-2007)"
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: "1907-08-21"
deathDate: "2007-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.36
  momentum:             9.030100334448163
  historical:           9.716274666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953448/"
    handle:    "nm0953448"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/628528"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%89_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "هى زاريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Zaret"
    title: "Hy Zaret"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AC%CE%B9_%CE%96%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%84"
    title: "Χάι Ζάρετ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Zaret"
    title: "Hy Zaret"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Zaret"
    title: "Hy Zaret"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Zaret"
    title: "Hy Zaret"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Zaret"
    title: "Hy Zaret"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Zaret"
    title: "Hy Zaret"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Zaret"
    title: "Hy Zaret"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e28d6352-c13e-407b-b72b-7f6cb1785c5f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1290528"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4550555"
    title: "Hy Zaret"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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