# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-rankin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:02:56.303Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-rankin"
name: "Billy Rankin"
slug: "billy-rankin"
description: "William Rankin is a Scottish guitarist and singer active in the 1980s and 1990s. Best known for his work with Nazareth, he also had a successful solo career, including a US hit single \"Baby Come Back\".\nRankin was part of multimedia group \"Team Rock\" prior to it going into administration in 2016."
tagline: "Scottish guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Rankin_onstage_with_Nazareth%2C_St_Louis_MO%2C_1983-_2013-08-28_21-52.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.846548
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/589176"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بيلى رانكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Rankin_(guitarist)"
    title: "Billy Rankin (guitarist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Rankin"
    title: "Billy Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Rankin"
    title: "Billy Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Rankin"
    title: "Billy Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Рэнкин, Билли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2d638c98-5c7b-482e-bae4-f770f9f2076b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2011890"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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