# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-lees
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:38:21.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-lees"
name: "John Lees"
slug: "john-lees"
description: "Barclay James Harvest are an English progressive rock band which, following a split in 1998, now exist as two successor bands. They were founded in Oldham in September 1966 by bassist/vocalist Les Holroyd, guitarist/vocalist John Lees, drummer/percussionist Mel Pritchard (1948–2004), and keyboardist/vocalist Stuart \"Woolly\" Wolstenholme (1947–2010)."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Lees%2C_Holmfirth_2009.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: "1947-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.371565333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4434283/"
    handle:    "nm4434283"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/668017"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "جون ليس (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جون ليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lees"
    title: "John Lees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lees_(Musiker)"
    title: "John Lees (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lees_(musician)"
    title: "John Lees (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lees_(artiste)"
    title: "John Lees (artiste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lees_(muzikant)"
    title: "John Lees (muzikant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lees"
    title: "John Lees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a329134f-ec05-4e8a-8f59-be855929ba6b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179849"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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