# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:22:00.502Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-butler"
name: "Jerry Butler"
slug: "jerry-butler"
description: "Jerry Butler Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and politician. He was the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. After leaving the group in 1960, Butler achieved over 55 Billboard Pop and R&B Chart hits as a solo artist including \"He Will Break Your Heart,\" \"Let It Be Me,\" and \"Only the Strong Survive.\" He was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2015."
tagline: "American soul singer and songwriter (1939–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerry_Butler_(1970).png?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: "1939-12-08"
deathDate: "2025-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.65
  momentum:             0.1971792414076407
  historical:           18.00142533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124974/"
    handle:    "nm0124974"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jerry Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump