# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-clayton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:00:09.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-clayton"
name: "Sam Clayton"
slug: "sam-clayton"
description: "Sam Clayton is an American singer and percussionist, primarily focusing on drums, conga and djembe, throughout his musical career. He is best known as a supporting vocalist and percussionist with the American rock band Little Feat since 1972."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Clayton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.15
  momentum:             0.05617977528089888
  historical:           6.890216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1794967/"
    handle:    "nm1794967"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.littlefeat.net/index.php?page=welcome"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/405598"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سام كلايتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Clayton"
    title: "Sam Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Clayton"
    title: "Sam Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Clayton"
    title: "Sam Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Clayton"
    title: "Sam Clayton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bff92f20-88b6-4597-925b-459ab2552bfe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q658015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2384479"
    title: "Sam Clayton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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