# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joy-byers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:26:01.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joy-byers"
name: "Joy Byers"
slug: "joy-byers"
description: "Joyce Alene Byers Johnston was an American songwriter best known for her work with Elvis Presley. She wrote Timi Yuro's 1962 hit \"What's A Matter Baby\"."
tagline: "American songwriter (1934-2017)"
gender: "female"
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: "1934-05-17"
deathDate: "2017-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.25
  momentum:             3.464673913043478
  historical:           3.538625333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125821/"
    handle:    "nm0125821"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Byers"
    title: "Joy Byers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dc91515c-9bc2-4111-a5db-fb09f3e65f97"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/635559"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16866501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3151843"
    title: "Joy Byers"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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