# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-brackett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:04:35.895Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-brackett"
name: "Joseph Brackett"
slug: "joseph-brackett"
description: "Joseph Brackett Jr. was an American songwriter, author, and elder of The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, better known as the Shakers. The most famous song attributed to Brackett, \"Simple Gifts\", is still widely performed and adapted."
tagline: "American songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Brackett.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: "1797-05-06"
deathDate: "1882-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.744097333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "جوزيف براكيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "چوزيف براكيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Brackett"
    title: "Joseph Brackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Brackett"
    title: "Joseph Brackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Brackett"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5dd20b25-6f8b-4fc3-8e72-75797316bc17"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6281654"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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