# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jayne-county
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:33:30.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jayne-county"
name: "Jayne County"
slug: "jayne-county"
description: "Jayne County is an American singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and visual artist whose career has spanned six decades. Coming to prominence in the 1970s under the name Wayne County, she was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band Wayne County & the Electric Chairs who became known for their campy and foul-mouthed ballads, glam punk inspired songs, and image which was heavily influenced by Jackie Curtis and the Theatre of the Ridiculous. County in particular was known for her outrageous and unpredictable stage antics as well as possessing a distinctive singing voice. She went on to become rock's first openly transgender singer in 1979 and adopted the stage name Jayne County."
tagline: "American singer (born 1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jayne_County_by_David_Shankbone.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "trans woman"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.87
  momentum:             2.582510238496748
  historical:           9.854694666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183629/"
    handle:    "nm0183629"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jaynecounty.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/343032"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_County"
    title: "Jayne County"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "چين كونتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_County"
    title: "Jayne County"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_County"
    title: "Jayne County"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_County"
    title: "Jayne County"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_County"
    title: "Jayne County"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_County"
    title: "Jayne County"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_County"
    title: "Jayne County"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_County"
    title: "Jayne County"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_County"
    title: "Jayne County"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e5457266-22ee-4457-a109-8af215132027"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q920964"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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