# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mighty-sam-mcclain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:11:09.663Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mighty-sam-mcclain"
name: "Mighty Sam McClain"
slug: "mighty-sam-mcclain"
description: "Samuel McClain, better known as Mighty Sam early in his career, and later billed as Mighty Sam McClain, was an American soul blues singer and songwriter."
tagline: "American soul blues singer and songwriter (1943-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mighty_Sam_McClain_2013.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: "1943-04-15"
deathDate: "2015-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.11
  momentum:             1.698841698841699
  historical:           5.944241333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MightyMcClain"
    handle:    "MightyMcClain"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2381554/"
    handle:    "nm2381554"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mightysam.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1098204"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Sam_McClain"
    title: "Mighty Sam McClain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Sam_McClain"
    title: "Mighty Sam McClain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Sam_McClain"
    title: "Mighty Sam McClain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Майти Сэм Макклейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Sam_McClain"
    title: "Mighty Sam McClain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/05dbab6f-af89-47c3-8899-201711538b13"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3312863"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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