# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-byrd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:23:10.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-byrd"
name: "Joseph Byrd"
slug: "joseph-byrd"
description: "Joseph Hunter Byrd Jr. was an American composer, musician and academic. After first becoming known as an experimental composer in New York City and Los Angeles, he became the leader of the psychedelic rock band The United States of America, an innovative but short-lived band which integrated psychedelic rock, electronic sound, and radical political ideas into rock music. In 1968 he recorded the album The American Metaphysical Circus, credited to Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies. After working as a record producer, arranger, and soundtrack composer, he became a university teacher in music history and theory."
tagline: "American musician (born 1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Hunter_Byrd_c._1968.png?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: "1937-12-19"
deathDate: "2025-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.498346666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126035/"
    handle:    "nm0126035"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/273922"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جوزيف بيرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "چوزيف بيرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Byrd"
    title: "Joseph Byrd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80%ED%94%84_%EB%B2%84%EB%93%9C"
    title: "조지프 버드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Byrd"
    title: "Joseph Byrd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%88"
    title: "جوزف برڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5911473b-72bc-4f02-88ae-f8651cf63b49"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15501981"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1598138"
    title: "Joseph Byrd"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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