# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-ely
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:21:28.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-ely"
name: "Joe Ely"
slug: "joe-ely"
description: "Joe Ely was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was \"one of the main movers\" of Austin, Texas's progressive country scene in the 1970s and 1980s."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter (1947–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Ely_2017_(cropped).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: "1947-02-09"
deathDate: "2025-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.84
  momentum:             1.919191919191919
  historical:           12.60598666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255924/"
    handle:    "nm0255924"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/388Y4nUQbYSyonhNlBEypT"
    handle:    "388Y4nUQbYSyonhNlBEypT"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joeely.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "جو إلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ely"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ely"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ely"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ely"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "جو ایلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ely"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ely"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ely"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ely"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ely"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ely"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4682ba8c-e15d-4543-9747-c72860392c76"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1691407"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/565206"
    title: "Joe Ely"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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