# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-lynn-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:52:55.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-lynn-williams"
name: "Jerry Lynn Williams"
slug: "jerry-lynn-williams"
description: "Jerry Lynn Williams was an American rock music singer and composer. He wrote such hits as \"Forever Man\", \"See What Love Can Do\", \"Something's Happening\", \"Running on Faith\" and \"Pretending\" for Eric Clapton."
tagline: "American singer and songwriter (1948–2005)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/Jerry_Lynn_Williams.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: "1948-01-01"
deathDate: "2005-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.830276
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1868032/"
    handle:    "nm1868032"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/727946"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "جيري لين وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جيرى وليامز (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lynn_Williams"
    title: "Jerry Lynn Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lynn_Williams"
    title: "Jerry Lynn Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lynn_Williams"
    title: "Jerry Lynn Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD"
    title: "Уильямс, Джерри Линн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/37c94ca1-e6e9-4b98-abac-2ac5829dd2f5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6184007"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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