# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-hays
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:14:25.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-hays"
name: "Lee Hays"
slug: "lee-hays"
description: "Lee Elhardt Hays was an American folk singer and songwriter, best known for singing bass with the Weavers. Throughout his life, he was concerned with overcoming racism, inequality, and violence in society. He wrote or cowrote \"Lonesome Traveller\", \"Wasn't That a Time?\", \"If I Had a Hammer\", and \"Kisses Sweeter than Wine\", which became hits and Weavers' staples. He also familiarized audiences with songs of the 1930s labor movement, such as \"We Shall Not Be Moved\"."
tagline: "American folk singer and songwriter (1914-1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lee_Hays.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: "1914-03-14"
deathDate: "1981-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.841364
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371630/"
    handle:    "nm0371630"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/476015"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "لي هايز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2"
    title: "لی هایز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hays"
    title: "Lee Hays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hays"
    title: "Lee Hays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hays"
    title: "Lee Hays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hays"
    title: "Lee Hays"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/59f0f8a5-094d-414a-9d9d-b20e3036a60b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3228873"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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