# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-thorpe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:36:32.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-thorpe"
name: "Billy Thorpe"
slug: "billy-thorpe"
description: "William Richard Thorpe AM was an English-born Australian singer-songwriter, and record producer. As lead singer of his band Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, he had success in the 1960s with \"Blue Day\", \"Poison Ivy\", \"Over the Rainbow\", \"Sick and Tired\", \"Baby, Hold Me Close\" and \"Mashed Potato\"; and in the 1970s with \"Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy\". Featuring in concerts at Sunbury Pop Festivals and Myer Music Bowl in the early 1970s, the Aztecs also developed the pub rock scene and were one of the loudest groups in Australia."
tagline: "English-born Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and musician (1946-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/201000_-_Opening_Ceremony_Billy_Thorpe_Yothu_Yindi_perform_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_opening_ceremony_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-03-29"
deathDate: "2007-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.17
  momentum:             2.154471544715447
  historical:           7.783090666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861654/"
    handle:    "nm0861654"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3XGBZeimYdPt1rLdy0JqrQ"
    handle:    "3XGBZeimYdPt1rLdy0JqrQ"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/444441"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%BE"
    title: "بيلى ثورپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Thorpe"
    title: "Billy Thorpe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Thorpe"
    title: "Billy Thorpe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Thorpe"
    title: "Billy Thorpe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%8C%EB%A6%AC_%EC%86%8C%ED%94%84"
    title: "빌리 소프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Thorpe"
    title: "Billy Thorpe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e51085d1-781e-43ce-89ca-0d64728cf956"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903740"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230440"
    title: "Billy Thorpe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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