# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/varetta-dillard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:08:10.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/varetta-dillard"
name: "Varetta Dillard"
slug: "varetta-dillard"
description: "Varetta Mamie Dillard was an American rhythm and blues singer in the 1950s whose biggest hit was \"Mercy, Mr. Percy\"."
tagline: "Rhythm and blues singer (1933–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Varetta_Dillard.webp?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: "1933-02-03"
deathDate: "1993-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.86
  momentum:             1.363636363636364
  historical:           9.206264000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/733543"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "ڤاريتا ديلارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varetta_Dillard"
    title: "Varetta Dillard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varetta_Dillard"
    title: "Varetta Dillard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varetta_Dillard"
    title: "Varetta Dillard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varetta_Dillard"
    title: "Varetta Dillard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varetta_Dillard"
    title: "Varetta Dillard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varetta_Dillard"
    title: "Varetta Dillard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varetta_Dillard"
    title: "Varetta Dillard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varetta_Dillard"
    title: "Varetta Dillard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/490dfe0e-d0da-4bc6-9e00-76d71c129e00"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q537878"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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