# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karen-dalton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:58:23.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karen-dalton"
name: "Karen Dalton"
slug: "karen-dalton"
description: "Karen J. Dalton was an American country blues singer, guitarist, and banjo player. She was associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil, the Holy Modal Rounders, and Bob Dylan. Although she did not enjoy much commercial success during her lifetime, her music has gained significant recognition since her death. Artists like Nick Cave, Devendra Banhart, and Joanna Newsom have noted her as an influence."
tagline: "American musician (1937-1993)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/KarenDalton.jpg"
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: "1937-07-19"
deathDate: "1993-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.67
  momentum:             23.54460093896714
  historical:           15.80259333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5O5V29YvM6AzAQ0rNt59fy"
    handle:    "5O5V29YvM6AzAQ0rNt59fy"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كارين دالتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كارين دالتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کارن دالتون (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "کارن دالتون (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "კერინ დალტონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0)"
    title: "Далтон, Карен (певица)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Dalton"
    title: "Karen Dalton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/09e1f320-5f26-415a-ad19-003f6e9969e8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467670"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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