# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/red-simpson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:42:59.844Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/red-simpson"
name: "Red Simpson"
slug: "red-simpson"
description: "Joe Cecil \"Red\" Simpson was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his trucker-themed country songs."
tagline: "American singer (1934-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red_Simpson.png?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: "1934-03-06"
deathDate: "2016-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.86
  momentum:             4.663043478260867
  historical:           8.353457333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999183/"
    handle:    "nm3999183"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/836514"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "ريد سيمبسون (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ريد سيمبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Simpson"
    title: "Red Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Simpson"
    title: "Red Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Simpson"
    title: "Red Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Simpson"
    title: "Red Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Simpson"
    title: "Red Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Simpson"
    title: "Red Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/db96de54-4c4f-4466-8181-32bb8fb31d43"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2136070"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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