# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shirley-collins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:34:15.891Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shirley-collins"
name: "Shirley Collins"
slug: "shirley-collins"
description: "Shirley Elizabeth Collins MBE is an English folk singer who was a significant contributor to the British Folk Revival of the 1960s and 1970s. She often performed and recorded with her sister Dolly, whose accompaniment on piano and portative organ created unique settings for Shirley's plain, austere singing style."
tagline: "British folk singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shirley-Collins-Norwich-78_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1935-07-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.26
  momentum:             1.494464944649446
  historical:           14.088956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2114328/"
    handle:    "nm2114328"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rilpZJIb2NWJZVGtCdg6u"
    handle:    "5rilpZJIb2NWJZVGtCdg6u"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.shirleycollins.co.uk"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "شيرلي كولينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شيرلى كولينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "شرلی کالینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Collins"
    title: "Shirley Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Collins"
    title: "Shirley Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Collins"
    title: "Shirley Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شرلی کالینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Collins"
    title: "Shirley Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "שירלי קולינס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Collins"
    title: "Shirley Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Collins"
    title: "Shirley Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Collins"
    title: "Shirley Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Collins"
    title: "Shirley Collins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B7"
    title: "Ширлі Коллінз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d7db2c9e-40f1-451a-b868-782b6dce7fbf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528937"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1381070"
    title: "Shirley Collins"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump