# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-riley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:03:58.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-riley"
name: "Jimmy Riley"
slug: "jimmy-riley"
description: "Martin James Ziggy Norman Riley, better known as Jimmy Riley, was a Jamaican singer who in addition to recording solo was also a member of the Sensations and The Uniques and was the father of Tarrus Riley."
tagline: "Jamaican musician (1954–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JimmyRiley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1954-05-22"
deathDate: "2016-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.61
  momentum:             8.721182266009851
  historical:           8.349101333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/182199"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "جيمي رايلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "جيمى رايلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Riley"
    title: "Jimmy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Riley"
    title: "Jimmy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Riley"
    title: "Jimmy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Riley"
    title: "Jimmy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Riley"
    title: "Jimmy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Riley"
    title: "Jimmy Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6ccbd8db-2e23-4a64-a865-420e4a8e507f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3179118"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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