# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-cotton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:31:30.792Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-cotton"
name: "Paul Cotton"
slug: "paul-cotton"
description: "Norman Paul Cotton was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was a member of the band Poco and the writer of their international hit song \"Heart of the Night\". Before that, he was co-guitarist for the Illinois Speed Press."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PaulCottonPoco07.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: "1943-02-26"
deathDate: "2021-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.21
  momentum:             1.118918918918919
  historical:           6.674052
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/paul.c.poco"
    handle:    "paul.c.poco"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/563253"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "بول كوتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "باول كوتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cotton"
    title: "Paul Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cotton"
    title: "Paul Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cotton"
    title: "Paul Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cotton"
    title: "Paul Cotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a44b2a39-1af4-4a12-9e1e-31789d265380"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18392415"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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