# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/syl-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:21:52.683Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/syl-johnson"
name: "Syl Johnson"
slug: "syl-johnson"
description: "Sylvester Johnson was an American blues and soul singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. His most successful records included \"Different Strokes\" (1967), \"Is It Because I'm Black\" (1969) later covered by reggae artists Ken Boothe and Delroy Wilson, and \"Take Me to the River\" (1975), a cover of Al Green's 1974 original."
tagline: "American blues and soul singer and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SylJohnson1997.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: "1936-07-01"
deathDate: "2022-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           65.29
  momentum:             6.098901098901099
  historical:           12.58269466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 4080
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6650887/"
    handle:    "nm6650887"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6XItHNeKXecnFpkJHOn5JL"
    handle:    "6XItHNeKXecnFpkJHOn5JL"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWL70pS4Kwi6H2gfiKt-MMg"
    handle:    "Syl Johnson - Topic"
    followers: 4080
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89)"
    title: "سيل جونسون (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syl_Johnson"
    title: "Syl Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syl_Johnson"
    title: "Syl Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syl_Johnson"
    title: "Syl Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syl_Johnson"
    title: "Syl Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syl_Johnson"
    title: "Syl Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3"
    title: "シル・ジョンスン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syl_Johnson"
    title: "Syl Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syl_Johnson"
    title: "Syl Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Джонсон, Сил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syl_Johnson"
    title: "Syl Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syl_Johnson"
    title: "Syl Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2e8cbd3d-44c0-4725-89e0-7db8010aa832"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3049904"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4220998"
    title: "Syl Johnson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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