# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brendan-croker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:21:24.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brendan-croker"
name: "Brendan Croker"
slug: "brendan-croker"
description: "Brendan Christopher Croker was an English musician, who recorded albums under his own name and with an occasional backing band, The Five O'Clock Shadows."
tagline: "British musician (1953–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brendan_Croker.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: "1953-08-15"
deathDate: "2023-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.85
  momentum:             0.909090909090909
  historical:           8.560477333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2562158/"
    handle:    "nm2562158"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brendancroker.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/255437"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "براندان كروكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "براندان كروكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Croker"
    title: "Brendan Croker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Croker"
    title: "Brendan Croker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Croker"
    title: "Brendan Croker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Croker"
    title: "Brendan Croker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Croker"
    title: "Brendan Croker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Croker"
    title: "Brendan Croker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a537687f-c9ce-451a-b496-bffac942a7ad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1923558"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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