# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-cale
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:53:30.218Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-cale"
name: "John Cale"
slug: "john-cale"
description: "John Davies Cale is a Welsh singer, musician, composer, record producer and arranger. He is a founding member of the influential American rock band the Velvet Underground, with whom he recorded two studio albums. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles of rock and avant-garde music."
tagline: "Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John-cale.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-03-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.729975582898454
  historical:           26.215188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  245
  category: null
totalFollowers: 13900
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJohnCale"
    handle:    "OfficialJohnCale"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/therealjohncale/"
    handle:    "therealjohncale"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://john-cale.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/therealjohncale"
    handle:    "therealjohncale"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD19k_ouivPF38zRgQCxQZA"
    handle:    "@therealjohncale"
    followers: 13900
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ጆህን ከይል"
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    title: "John Cale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Cale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Cale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Cale"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Cale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cale"
    title: "John Cale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cale"
    title: "John Cale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cale"
    title: "John Cale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cale"
    title: "John Cale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cale"
    title: "John Cale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump