# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merl-saunders
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:23:14.985Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merl-saunders"
name: "Merl Saunders"
slug: "merl-saunders"
description: "Merl Saunders was an American multi-genre musician who played piano and keyboards, favoring the Hammond B-3 console organ."
tagline: "American pianist and keyboardist (1934–2008)"
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: "1934-02-14"
deathDate: "2008-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.216061333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766905/"
    handle:    "nm0766905"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://merlsaunders.com/bio.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/17545"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ميرل سوندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merl_Saunders"
    title: "Merl Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merl_Saunders"
    title: "Merl Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merl_Saunders"
    title: "Merl Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merl_Saunders"
    title: "Merl Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merl_Saunders"
    title: "Merl Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merl_Saunders"
    title: "Merl Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7ae1ae9e-66f5-461f-8a16-1a394b400c14"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1921889"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3924573"
    title: "Merl Saunders"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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