# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zola-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:20:24.303Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zola-taylor"
name: "Zola Taylor"
slug: "zola-taylor"
description: "Zoletta Lynn Taylor was an American singer and musician. Beginning her career in the early 1950s, Taylor was the original female member of the American vocal group The Platters from 1954 until 1962, when the group produced most of their popular singles."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zola_Taylor.JPG?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: "1938-03-17"
deathDate: "2007-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.80689733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853357/"
    handle:    "nm0853357"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "زولا تايلور"
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    title: "زولا تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zola Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_Taylor"
    title: "Zola Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_Taylor"
    title: "Zola Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_Taylor"
    title: "Zola Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_Taylor"
    title: "Zola Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_Taylor"
    title: "Zola Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_Taylor"
    title: "Zola Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_Taylor"
    title: "Zola Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d12dd038-990b-45b9-9096-96ded0891957"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218494"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4235688"
    title: "Zola Taylor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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