# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-medley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:59:37.154Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-medley"
name: "Phil Medley"
slug: "phil-medley"
description: "Philip Medley was an American songwriter, notable for his composition \"Twist and Shout\", which he wrote along with Bert Russell. The song was made famous when it was covered by both the Isley Brothers and the Beatles. Medley also managed a music group called the Everglades, composed of Jerry Hayward (Lead), Robert Leak, James McCauthin, David Cox, and Herbie Hancock. Medley composed and produced a song for them entitled \"Limbo Lucy\" in 1962 on Capitol Records. Medley also wrote \"A Million to One\" and co-wrote, also with Russell, \"If I Didn't Have a Dime\" for Gene Pitney. He was also a co-writer of the song \"Killer Joe\", recorded by many bands including the Rocky Fellers, the Rivieras and the Kingsmen. In 1994, he played guitar for the Jeffersons at the Great Oak Farm Benefit."
tagline: "American songwriter (1916–1997)"
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: "1916-04-09"
deathDate: "1997-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.03
  momentum:             0.8710503842869342
  historical:           7.712494666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269448/"
    handle:    "nm1269448"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/265284"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Medley"
    title: "Phil Medley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Medley"
    title: "Phil Medley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Medley"
    title: "Phil Medley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Medley"
    title: "Phil Medley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Medley"
    title: "Phil Medley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Medley"
    title: "Phil Medley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Medley"
    title: "Phil Medley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/718cd7af-a94a-42e6-a10e-5b12db6e6dc7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q633476"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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