# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reverend-gary-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:43:20.598Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reverend-gary-davis"
name: "Reverend Gary Davis"
slug: "reverend-gary-davis"
description: "Gary D. Davis, known as Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Gary Davis, was an American blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Laurens, South Carolina, and blind since infancy, Davis first performed professionally in the Piedmont blues scene of Durham, North Carolina, in the 1930s, then converted to Christianity and became a minister. After moving to New York in the 1940s, Davis experienced a career rebirth as part of the American folk music revival that peaked during the 1960s. Davis' most notable recordings include \"Samson and Delilah\" and \"Death Don't Have No Mercy\"."
tagline: "American blues and gospel singer and guitarist (1896–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reverend_Gary_Davis1960s_LOC.jpg?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: "1896-04-30"
deathDate: "1972-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.11
  momentum:             0.9773371104815864
  historical:           16.38186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2486271/"
    handle:    "nm2486271"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.revgarydavis.com"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Reverend Gary Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Reverend Gary Davis"
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    title: "Reverend Gary Davis"
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    title: "Գարի Դևիս"
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    title: "Дэвис, Гари (блюзовый музыкант)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump