# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-tillis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:14:43.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-tillis"
name: "Mel Tillis"
slug: "mel-tillis"
description: "Lonnie Melvin Tillis was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s as part of the outlaw country movement, with a long list of Top 10 hits. Tillis' biggest hits include \"I Ain't Never\", \"Good Woman Blues\", and \"Coca-Cola Cowboy\". His composition \"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town\" became a world-wide hit in 1969 when recorded by Kenny Rogers."
tagline: "American country music singer and musician (1932-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mel_Tillis.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: "1932-08-08"
deathDate: "2017-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.51
  momentum:             4.170879676440848
  historical:           13.25286933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863381/"
    handle:    "nm0863381"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.meltillis.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميل تيليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميل تيليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "میل تیلیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis"
    title: "Mel Tillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis"
    title: "Mel Tillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis"
    title: "Mel Tillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis"
    title: "Mel Tillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis"
    title: "Mel Tillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis"
    title: "Mel Tillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis"
    title: "Mel Tillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Тиллис, Мел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis"
    title: "Mel Tillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Tillis"
    title: "Mel Tillis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0d744e10-5e7e-4a5d-b89a-4bda5d8d7141"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/197368"
    title: "Mel Tillis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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