# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/baker-knight
# Generated: 2026-08-20T21:46:30.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/baker-knight"
name: "Baker Knight"
slug: "baker-knight"
description: "Thomas Baker Knight Jr. was an American songwriter and musician. His best known compositions were \"Lonesome Town\", \"The Wonder of You\", and \"Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time\". His songs have been recorded by Ricky Nelson, Paul McCartney, Dean Martin, The Cramps, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Mickey Gilley, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jerry Lee Lewis."
tagline: "American musician (1933–2005)"
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: "1933-07-04"
deathDate: "2005-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.62
  momentum:             0.08389261744966443
  historical:           6.621636000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460810/"
    handle:    "nm0460810"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/628221"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بيكر ونايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بيكر ونايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "بیکر ونایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Knight"
    title: "Baker Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Knight"
    title: "Baker Knight"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/10443bde-66d1-4027-89e1-99f2fbd15cf2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q804348"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1789504"
    title: "Baker Knight"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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