# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/percy-mayfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:10:22.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/percy-mayfield"
name: "Percy Mayfield"
slug: "percy-mayfield"
description: "Percy Mayfield was an American rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also a songwriter, known for the songs \"Please Send Me Someone to Love\" and \"Hit the Road Jack\", the latter being a song first recorded by Ray Charles."
tagline: "American singer and songwriter (1920-1984)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/30/Percy_Mayfield.jpg"
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: "1920-08-12"
deathDate: "1984-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.277976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1923051/"
    handle:    "nm1923051"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Mayfield"
    title: "Percy Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Mayfield"
    title: "Percy Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Mayfield"
    title: "Percy Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Mayfield"
    title: "Percy Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Mayfield"
    title: "Percy Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Mayfield"
    title: "Percy Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89"
    title: "パーシー・メイフィールド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Mayfield"
    title: "Percy Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Mayfield"
    title: "Percy Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Мэйфилд, Перси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Mayfield"
    title: "Percy Mayfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%84%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B4"
    title: "Персі Мейфілд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/21711e9c-3722-4b88-8cd4-5a1b6c9adba4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322600"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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