# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-sherman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:39:17.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-sherman"
name: "Al Sherman"
slug: "al-sherman"
description: "Avrum Sherman, pen name Al Sherman, was an American songwriter and composer active during the Tin Pan Alley era in American music history. Some of his most recognizable song titles include \"You Gotta Be a Football Hero\", \"Now's the Time to Fall in Love\" and \"Lindbergh \". Sherman is one link in a long chain of family members who were musical. Most notably, his sons Robert and Richard were to join the ranks of America's most highly regarded songwriters. Pairing up and mentoring the Sherman Brothers team has often been referred to as Al Sherman's greatest songwriting achievement."
tagline: "Russian-American songwriter and composer (1897-1973)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/AlSherman1940s.jpg"
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: "1897-09-07"
deathDate: "1973-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.87
  momentum:             0.05186721991701244
  historical:           8.168217333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792365/"
    handle:    "nm0792365"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/717636"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ال شيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ال شرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sherman"
    title: "Al Sherman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ال شرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sherman"
    title: "Al Sherman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sherman"
    title: "Al Sherman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sherman"
    title: "Al Sherman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/408fb8b9-5b5f-4716-85d1-66f73fab5bfd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260972"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1570983"
    title: "Al Sherman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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