# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-south
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:12:10.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-south"
name: "Joe South"
slug: "joe-south"
description: "Joe South was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Best known for his songwriting, South won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1970 for \"Games People Play\" and was again nominated for the award in 1972 for \"Rose Garden\"."
tagline: "American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1940–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_South.png?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: "1940-02-28"
deathDate: "2012-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.45
  momentum:             0.3448777648428405
  historical:           17.32259066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816046/"
    handle:    "nm0816046"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7s2L0cftC6UBVVxADuyfwS"
    handle:    "7s2L0cftC6UBVVxADuyfwS"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joesouth.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AB"
    title: "چوى سوث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "جو ساوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "جو ساوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジョー・サウス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Саут, Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_South"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/399fc572-6f08-4dee-b5fc-213c8a4d050b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333939"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238880"
    title: "Joe South"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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