# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kevin-kelley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:12:45.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kevin-kelley"
name: "Kevin Kelley"
slug: "kevin-kelley"
description: "Kevin Daniel Kelley was an American drummer, best known for his work with the rock bands the Byrds and the Rising Sons. Kelley also played drums for Fever Tree, although it is unknown whether he was an official member of the group or not. Kelley is the cousin of country rock pioneer and ex-member of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, Chris Hillman."
tagline: "American drummer (1943–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kevin_Kelley_Drummer_of_The_Byrds.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: "1943-03-25"
deathDate: "2002-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.842624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/744907"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "كيفن كيلي (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kelley"
    title: "Kevin Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kelley"
    title: "Kevin Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kelley_(musician)"
    title: "Kevin Kelley (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kelley"
    title: "Kevin Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kelley"
    title: "Kevin Kelley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ed7f4681-f803-4365-8e84-ed5329546469"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1740188"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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