# Sam Chatmon | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/sam-chatmon
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/sam-chatmon/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 04:29 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/sam-chatmon
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/sam-chatmon/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/sam-chatmon/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Sam Chatmon
- Visible lyric pages: 4

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `sam-chatmon`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 04:29 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-692fffc9d407fb05
- Visible lyric pages: 4
- Pages with stored lyric text: 4
- Video-backed song pages: 1
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 4110
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 70
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 18
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: I Thank You, That's My Gal, Sittin' On Top Of The World, and I Have To Paint My Face
- Current-month titles with activity: I Thank You, I Have To Paint My Face, Sittin' On Top Of The World, and That's My Gal
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Sam Chatmon was born in Bolton, Mississippi in 1897, coming up in a musical family that included his fiddler father and uncles Charlie and Aaron Patton. He started performing locally in the 1920s and made his way to Memphis for his first recordings in 1928. That session produced 'I Have To Paint My Face,' a song that became closely associated with him. Chatmon developed a distinctive stage presence by painting...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. I Thank You — https://lyroverse.com/sam-chatmon/i-thank-you
2. That's My Gal — https://lyroverse.com/sam-chatmon/that-s-my-gal
3. Sittin' On Top Of The World — https://lyroverse.com/sam-chatmon/sittin-on-top-of-the-world
4. I Have To Paint My Face — https://lyroverse.com/sam-chatmon/i-have-to-paint-my-face