# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jesse-winchester-q1688204
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:41:26.521Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jesse-winchester-q1688204"
name: "Jesse Winchester"
slug: "jesse-winchester-q1688204"
description: "James Ridout \"Jesse\" Winchester Jr. was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in the southern United States. Opposed to the Vietnam War, he moved to Canada in 1967 to avoid the draft. During that time, he began his career as a solo artist. His highest-charting recordings were \"Yankee Lady\" in 1970 and \"Say What\" in 1981. He became a Canadian citizen in 1973, gained amnesty in the U.S. in 1977 and settled in Memphis, Tennessee in 2002."
tagline: "American-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jesse_Winchester_Smile_JazzFest_2011.jpg?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: "1944-05-17"
deathDate: "2014-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.79
  momentum:             0.4881101376720901
  historical:           12.38733866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/184915194874200"
    handle:    "184915194874200"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934607/"
    handle:    "nm0934607"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0LQrsY8CFvCyUAqAtiiVxw"
    handle:    "0LQrsY8CFvCyUAqAtiiVxw"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://jessewinchester.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جيسي وينشستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جيسى وينشستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جسی وینچستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Winchester_(Musiker)"
    title: "Jesse Winchester (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Winchester"
    title: "Jesse Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Winchester"
    title: "Jesse Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جسی وینچستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Winchester_(chanteur)"
    title: "Jesse Winchester (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Winchester"
    title: "Jesse Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Winchester"
    title: "Jesse Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Winchester"
    title: "Jesse Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Winchester"
    title: "Jesse Winchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%91%E8%A5%BF%C2%B7%E6%BA%AB%E5%BE%B9%E6%96%AF%E7%89%B9"
    title: "傑西·溫徹斯特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/455911db-b472-4702-bf0d-ae4f87c922bd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1688204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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