# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-cowley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:55:16.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-cowley"
name: "Patrick Cowley"
slug: "patrick-cowley"
description: "Patrick Joseph Cowley was an American disco and hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist, best known for his collaborations with disco singer Sylvester. Along with Giorgio Moroder, he has been credited as a pioneer of electronic dance music."
tagline: "American musician (1950–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick_Cowley.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: "1950-10-19"
deathDate: "1982-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.84
  momentum:             0.0565171317555634
  historical:           13.53831733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7909993/"
    handle:    "nm7909993"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1pggi3bfbAPkwrylE63MEO"
    handle:    "1pggi3bfbAPkwrylE63MEO"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://sites.google.com/view/patrick-cowley-biography/patrick-cowley-1"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/6274"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "باتريك كاولي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "باتريك كاولى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cowley"
    title: "Patrick Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cowley"
    title: "Patrick Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cowley"
    title: "Patrick Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cowley"
    title: "Patrick Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cowley"
    title: "Patrick Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cowley"
    title: "Patrick Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cowley"
    title: "Patrick Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cowley"
    title: "Patrick Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "パトリック・カウリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cowley"
    title: "Patrick Cowley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Каули, Патрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%96"
    title: "Патрік Каулі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/32e68aa4-72cf-4421-95dc-6d46b55702dc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395989"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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