# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-scratch-perry
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:09:16.502Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-scratch-perry"
name: "Lee \"Scratch\" Perry"
slug: "lee-scratch-perry"
description: "Lee \"Scratch\" Perry was a Jamaican record producer, songwriter and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development of dub music with his early adoption of remixing and studio effects to create new instrumental or vocal versions of existing reggae tracks. He worked with and produced for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Marley and the Wailers, Junior Murvin, the Congos, Max Romeo, the Heptones, Adrian Sherwood, the Beastie Boys, Ari Up, the Clash, the Orb, and many others."
tagline: "Jamaican reggae producer (1936–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lee_Scratch_Perry_%40_Band_On_The_Wall%2C_Manchester_19-2-2013_(8493373312).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-03-20"
deathDate: "2021-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.55
  momentum:             1.187604690117253
  historical:           22.41422133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "172796666113415"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1405538/"
    handle:    "nm1405538"
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    title: "لى \"سكراتش\" پيرى"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump