# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-james
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:11:44.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-james"
name: "Mark James"
slug: "mark-james"
description: "Francis Rodney Zambon, known professionally as Mark James, was an American songwriter. He wrote hits for B.J. Thomas, Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley, including \"Hooked on a Feeling\", \"Always on My Mind\", and Presley's hit single \"Suspicious Minds\"."
tagline: "American songwriter"
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: "1940-11-29"
deathDate: "2024-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.86
  momentum:             2.704225352112676
  historical:           13.04072133333333
  currentAttention:     19.6
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1108027/"
    handle:    "nm1108027"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/565289"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "مارك جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "مارك جيمس (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "مارک جیمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_James_(Songwriter)"
    title: "Mark James (Songwriter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_James_(songwriter)"
    title: "Mark James (songwriter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_James"
    title: "Mark James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_James_(auteur-compositeur)"
    title: "Mark James (auteur-compositeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_James_(marubucin_waka)"
    title: "Mark James (marubucin waka)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_James"
    title: "Mark James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_James"
    title: "Mark James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Джеймс, Марк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_James_(songwriter)"
    title: "Mark James (songwriter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_James"
    title: "Mark James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb58dcc9-a429-4edf-a747-415fd86f1a7b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259192"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1955091"
    title: "James Mark"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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