# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otis-clay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:50:24.640Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otis-clay"
name: "Otis Clay"
slug: "otis-clay"
description: "Otis Lee Clay was an American R&B and soul singer, who started in gospel music. In 2013, Clay was inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American R&B and soul singer (1942–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/OtisClay_LBBF1997_2.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: "1942-02-11"
deathDate: "2016-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.038088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/otisclay"
    handle:    "otisclay"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/otisclayofficial"
    handle:    "otisclayofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2358245/"
    handle:    "nm2358245"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://otisclay.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "أوتيس كلاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "اوتيس كلاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "اوتیس کلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Clay"
    title: "Otis Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Clay"
    title: "Otis Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "اوتیس کلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Clay"
    title: "Otis Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Clay"
    title: "Otis Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Clay"
    title: "Otis Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4"
    title: "オーティス・クレイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%ED%8B%B0%EC%8A%A4_%ED%81%B4%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "오티스 클레이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Clay"
    title: "Otis Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Клей, Отис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Clay"
    title: "Otis Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Clay"
    title: "Otis Clay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/566c5190-cbec-41d0-822d-883f6ac61695"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3357654"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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