# Iain Matthews

> Iain Matthews is an English musician. He was an original member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving to form his own band, Matthews Southern Comfort, which had a UK number one in 1970 with their cover of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock". In 1979, his recording of Terence Boylan's "Shake It" reached No. 13 on the US charts.

*British musician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/iain-matthews

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1946-06-16
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 13.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5382081/ (@nm5382081)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2y3DwDaOnRIavFlGsgSuTE (@2y3DwDaOnRIavFlGsgSuTE)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.iainmatthews.nl/

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/554446)
- [لاين ماثيوز](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2)
- [لاين ماثيوز](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2)
- [لاین ماثیوز](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2)
- [Iain Matthews](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews)
- [Iain Matthews](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews)
- [Iain Matthews](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews)
- [Iain Matthews](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews)
- [Iain Matthews](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews)
- [Iain Matthews](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews)
- [イアン・マシューズ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA)
- [Iain Matthews](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews)
- [Iain Matthews](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews)
- [Iain Matthews](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews)
- [Iain Matthews](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Matthews)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/17c3cfb3-0f55-4734-b9c8-1ee5683cca19)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655586)

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