# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-carson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:51:58.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-carson"
name: "Wayne Carson"
slug: "wayne-carson"
description: "Wayne Carson, sometimes credited as Wayne Carson Thompson, was an American country musician, songwriter, and record producer. He played percussion, piano, guitar, and bass. His most famous songs as a writer include \"The Letter\", \"Neon Rainbow\", \"Soul Deep\", and \"Always on My Mind\"."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
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: "1943-05-31"
deathDate: "2015-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.78
  momentum:             1.476399560922064
  historical:           10.14194266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2332216/"
    handle:    "nm2332216"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/594225"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "واين كارسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "واین کارسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Carson"
    title: "Wayne Carson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Carson"
    title: "Wayne Carson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Carson"
    title: "Wayne Carson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Carson"
    title: "Wayne Carson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Carson"
    title: "Wayne Carson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Carson"
    title: "Wayne Carson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Carson"
    title: "Wayne Carson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1f59f7ef-2f57-4487-83b6-fe5080684e5f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2553024"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2590639"
    title: "Wayne Carson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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