# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-shotton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:01:15.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-shotton"
name: "Peter Shotton"
slug: "peter-shotton"
description: "Peter Shotton was an English businessman and musician. He was known for creating the Fatty Arbuckle's chain of restaurants and for his long friendship with John Lennon of the Beatles; he played the washboard in the Beatles' precursor the Quarrymen and remained close to the band, holding various positions related to their business ventures over the years."
tagline: "British businessman and washboard player (1941–2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/Pete_shotton1.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-08-04"
deathDate: "2017-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.87
  momentum:             2.062704555638282
  historical:           9.987950666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shotton"
    title: "Pete Shotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shotton"
    title: "Peter Shotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shotton"
    title: "Pete Shotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shotton"
    title: "Peter Shotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shotton"
    title: "Peter Shotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shotton"
    title: "Peter Shotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shotton"
    title: "Pete Shotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Shotton"
    title: "Pete Shotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shotton"
    title: "Peter Shotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shotton"
    title: "Peter Shotton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b37af8de-f96d-4b6f-8ff3-1e1353823766"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178697"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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