# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-byrd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:07:28.715Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-byrd"
name: "Jerry Byrd"
slug: "jerry-byrd"
description: "Gerald Lester Byrd was an American musician who played the lap steel guitar in country and Hawaiian music, as well as a singer-songwriter and the head of a music publishing firm. He appeared on numerous radio programs."
tagline: "American guitarist (1920-2005)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/87/Jerry_Byrd.jpg"
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: "1920-03-09"
deathDate: "2005-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.22
  momentum:             1.926977687626775
  historical:           7.487834666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1929661/"
    handle:    "nm1929661"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/267139"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيري بيرد (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جيرى بيرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "جیری بیرد (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Byrd"
    title: "Jerry Byrd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Byrd"
    title: "Jerry Byrd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Byrd"
    title: "Jerry Byrd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7a3a3896-4a91-4c0c-98c9-e4c2529ed47d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1687803"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1427023"
    title: "Jerry Byrd"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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