# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pick-withers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:33:25.580Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pick-withers"
name: "Pick Withers"
slug: "pick-withers"
description: "David \"Pick\" Withers is an English drummer. He was the original drummer of the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four albums, which included hit singles such as \"Sultans of Swing\", \"Romeo and Juliet\" and \"Private Investigations\". Withers was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Dire Straits in 2018."
tagline: "English rock and jazz drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pick_Withers.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1948-04-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.72900933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.pickwithers.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Pick Withers"
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    title: "Pick Withers"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_Withers"
    title: "Pick Withers"
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    title: "Pick Withers"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_Withers"
    title: "Pick Withers"
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    title: "פיק ויתרס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_Withers"
    title: "Pick Withers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_Withers"
    title: "Pick Withers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_Withers"
    title: "Pick Withers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pick Withers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_Withers"
    title: "Pick Withers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_Withers"
    title: "Pick Withers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_Withers"
    title: "Pick Withers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pick Withers"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump