# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-sebastian
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:34:25.725Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-sebastian"
name: "John Sebastian"
slug: "john-sebastian"
description: "John Benson Sebastian is an American singer, songwriter and musician who founded the rock band the Lovin' Spoonful in 1964 with Zal Yanovsky. During his time in the Lovin' Spoonful, Sebastian wrote and sang some of the band's biggest hits such as \"Do You Believe in Magic\", “Summer in the City”, \"Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind\", and \"Daydream\". Sebastian left the Spoonful after the 1968 album Everything Playing to focus on a solo career, releasing John B. Sebastian in 1970."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Sebastian_playing_in_East_Lansing_MI_in_1970.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: "1944-03-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.698868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780949/"
    handle:    "nm0780949"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3FPF6tyBTP79pCCAJDcPft"
    handle:    "3FPF6tyBTP79pCCAJDcPft"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.johnbsebastian.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون سيباستيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون سيباستيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "جون سیباستیان (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "John Sebastian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Sebastian"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/95f9b1a1-dc0c-4440-9cd3-225aaba246ee"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967761"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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