# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-reatard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:12:08.628Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-reatard"
name: "Jay Reatard"
slug: "jay-reatard"
description: "James Lee Lindsey Jr., known professionally as Jay Reatard, was an American rock musician from Memphis, Tennessee. He was signed to Matador Records. He released recordings as a solo artist and as a member of the Reatards and Lost Sounds."
tagline: "American musician (1980-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jayreatard.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: "1980-05-01"
deathDate: "2010-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.24
  momentum:             3.019135364989369
  historical:           11.664528
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jayreatard"
    handle:    "jayreatard"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3658219/"
    handle:    "nm3658219"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3cAGUcRbwsFHwKbJv8FT4T"
    handle:    "3cAGUcRbwsFHwKbJv8FT4T"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jayreatard.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/659329"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "چاى رياتارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Reatard"
    title: "Jay Reatard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Reatard"
    title: "Jay Reatard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Reatard"
    title: "Jay Reatard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Reatard"
    title: "Jay Reatard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Reatard"
    title: "Jay Reatard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Reatard"
    title: "Jay Reatard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Reatard"
    title: "Jay Reatard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Reatard"
    title: "Jay Reatard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Reatard"
    title: "Jay Reatard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Джей Ритард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6338a3a4-1676-4a99-b2fb-a3f0072f6b42"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677883"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1026333"
    title: "Jay Reatard"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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