# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-messina
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:38:22.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-messina"
name: "Jim Messina"
slug: "jim-messina"
description: "James Messina is an American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer, and record producer. He was a member of the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield, a founding member of the country rock band Poco, and half of the soft rock duo Loggins and Messina with Kenny Loggins."
tagline: "American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JimMessina(by_Scott_Dudelson).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: "1947-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.527148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Jim_Messina"
    handle:    "Jim_Messina"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jimmessinamusic"
    handle:    "jimmessinamusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582162/"
    handle:    "nm0582162"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/62MaT134frQwZdcvQcjcSY"
    handle:    "62MaT134frQwZdcvQcjcSY"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.jimmessina.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/343371"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "چيم ميسينا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "جیم مسینا (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Messina"
    title: "Jim Messina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Messina_(musician)"
    title: "Jim Messina (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Messina"
    title: "Jim Messina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7_(%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "جیم مسینا (نوازنده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Messina"
    title: "Jim Messina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Messina"
    title: "Jim Messina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Messina_(musicista)"
    title: "Jim Messina (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A"
    title: "ジム・メッシーナ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Messina"
    title: "Jim Messina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Messina_(musicus)"
    title: "Jim Messina (musicus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Messina"
    title: "Jim Messina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Messina"
    title: "Jim Messina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a04d3ca8-78e2-4f71-825c-c5c1e9d8b77b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3088816"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/935336"
    title: "Jim Messina"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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