# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-carter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:04:35.954Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-carter"
name: "Neil Carter"
slug: "neil-carter"
description: "Neil Andrew Carter is an English musician who has worked in diverse genres throughout his career. Classically trained on the clarinet and piano, he became a professional rock musician at 17 and had his first \"mainstream\" experience with singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. He subsequently played guitar and keyboard for the hard rock band UFO, guitarist Gary Moore, and Wild Horses. He is credited with co-writing a number of Gary Moore's songs, including the worldwide hit \"Empty Rooms\"."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neil_Carter_playing_Sax.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-05-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.592157333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.neilcarter.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/270157"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9)"
    title: "نيل كارتر (عازف قيثارة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "نيل كارتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Carter"
    title: "Neil Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Carter_(musician)"
    title: "Neil Carter (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Carter"
    title: "Neil Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Carter"
    title: "Neil Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Carter"
    title: "Neil Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Carter"
    title: "Neil Carter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b259f919-7033-412f-b729-c7a1d3223a84"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5604144"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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