# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:46:54.843Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-taylor"
name: "Mel Taylor"
slug: "mel-taylor"
description: "Mel Taylor was an American musician who was the drummer for the Ventures from 1962 to 1996. He was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, and was the older brother of Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor."
tagline: "American drummer (1933–1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Mel_Taylor_%28drummer%29.jpg"
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: "1933-09-24"
deathDate: "1996-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.071136
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1807502/"
    handle:    "nm1807502"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/475343"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Taylor"
    title: "Mel Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Taylor"
    title: "Mel Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Taylor"
    title: "Mel Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Taylor"
    title: "Mel Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C_%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A8"
    title: "מל טיילור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "メル・テイラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%9C_%ED%85%8C%EC%9D%BC%EB%9F%AC"
    title: "멜 테일러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Taylor"
    title: "Mel Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/480dae7f-dd0c-49f0-9d59-6d34189db5af"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3487052"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1208945"
    title: "Mel Taylor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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