# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-simon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:01:18.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-simon"
name: "John Simon"
slug: "john-simon"
description: "John Simon is an American music producer, composer, writer and performer. Recognized as one of the top record producers in the United States during the late 1960s and the 1970s, some of Simon's most well known work includes the Band’s Music from Big Pink, The Band, and The Last Waltz, Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin, Songs of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen, and Child Is Father to the Man by Blood, Sweat & Tears."
tagline: "American record producer"
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: "1941-08-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.38
  momentum:             0.4062909567496723
  historical:           13.828584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialjohnsimon"
    handle:    "officialjohnsimon"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800213/"
    handle:    "nm0800213"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/252101"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جون سيمون (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جون سيمون (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "جان سایمون (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon_(hudebn%C3%AD_producent)"
    title: "John Simon (hudební producent)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon_(Musiker)"
    title: "John Simon (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon_(music_producer)"
    title: "John Simon (music producer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon"
    title: "John Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "جان سایمون (تهیه‌کننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon_(produttore_discografico)"
    title: "John Simon (produttore discografico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョン・サイモン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon"
    title: "John Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon"
    title: "John Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon"
    title: "John Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Simon_(musikproducent)"
    title: "John Simon (musikproducent)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/febd242d-e6d8-4c85-a1aa-cdd6297b4dc5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174650"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1025892"
    title: "John Simon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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