# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-dammers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:44:47.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-dammers"
name: "Jerry Dammers"
slug: "jerry-dammers"
description: "Jeremy David Hounsell Dammers is a British musician who was a founder, keyboard player and primary songwriter of the Coventry-based ska band the Specials and later the Spatial AKA Orchestra. Dammers is a pivotal figure of the ska revival through his foundation of the record label Two Tone, his work blending political lyrics and punk with Jamaican music, and his incorporation of 1960s retro clothing. He has also been acknowledged for his work in promoting racial unity."
tagline: "British musician, songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerry_Dammers_djs_at_Bom-Banes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-05-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.996277333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1384618/"
    handle:    "nm1384618"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jerrydammers.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/91314"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dammers"
    title: "Jerry Dammers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dammers"
    title: "Jerry Dammers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dammers"
    title: "Jerry Dammers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dammers"
    title: "Jerry Dammers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dammers"
    title: "Jerry Dammers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dammers"
    title: "Jerry Dammers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dammers"
    title: "Jerry Dammers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dammers"
    title: "Jerry Dammers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a582c67f-106c-4e31-85a1-f7513941c1f0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1365476"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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