# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sammi-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:43:49.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sammi-smith"
name: "Sammi Smith"
slug: "sammi-smith"
description: "Jewel Fay \"Sammi\" Smith was an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 1971 crossover hit \"Help Me Make It Through the Night\", which was written by Kris Kristofferson. She became one of the few women in the outlaw country movement during the 1970s."
tagline: "American country singer (1943–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sammi_Smith.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1943-08-05"
deathDate: "2005-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.104328
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1219549/"
    handle:    "nm1219549"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/444574"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87)"
    title: "سامى سميث (مغنيه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammi_Smith"
    title: "Sammi Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammi_Smith"
    title: "Sammi Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammi_Smith"
    title: "Sammi Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammi_Smith"
    title: "Sammi Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammi_Smith"
    title: "Sammi Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammi_Smith_(s%C3%A5ngerska)"
    title: "Sammi Smith (sångerska)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammi_Smith"
    title: "Sammi Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0992bca3-a7ec-4cd6-9681-b37bbb680fc0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547070"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2872124"
    title: "Sammi Smith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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