# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/o-v-wright
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:21:00.660Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/o-v-wright"
name: "O. V. Wright"
slug: "o-v-wright"
description: "Overton Vertis Wright was an American singer who is generally regarded as a blues artist by African-American fans in the Deep South; he is also regarded as one of Southern soul's most authoritative and individual artists. His best known songs include \"That's How Strong My Love Is\" (1964), \"You're Gonna Make Me Cry\" (1965), \"Nucleus of Soul\" (1968), \"A Nickel and a Nail\" (1971), \"I Can't Take It\" (1971) and \"Ace of Spades\" (1971)."
tagline: "American singer (1939-1980)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Small_photo_of_O.V._Wright_for_info_box.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
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: "1939-10-09"
deathDate: "1980-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.920558666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10095289/"
    handle:    "nm10095289"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ovwright.org"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/145292"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88._%D9%81%D9%8A._%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "أو. في. رايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88._%D9%81%D9%89._%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "او. فى. رايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._V._Wright"
    title: "O. V. Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._V._Wright"
    title: "O. V. Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._V._Wright"
    title: "O. V. Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.V.%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88"
    title: "O.V.ライト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_Vertis_Wright"
    title: "Overton Vertis Wright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ac486e0f-9d86-4dec-8f4f-0f06e4d51946"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3347472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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