# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buck-owens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:40:02.860Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buck-owens"
name: "Buck Owens"
slug: "buck-owens"
description: "Alvis Edgar \"Buck\" Owens Jr. was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the frontman for The Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music chart. He pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound, named in honor of Bakersfield, California, Owens's adopted home and the city from which he drew inspiration for what he preferred to call \"American music\"."
tagline: "American country singer-songwriter (1929-2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buck_Owens.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1929-08-12"
deathDate: "2006-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.19
  momentum:             0.01797285153478693
  historical:           20.89584933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHVcGdksZp7AbDj7ED47f-A"
    handle:    "UCHVcGdksZp7AbDj7ED47f-A"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654325/"
    handle:    "nm0654325"
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    handle:    "2FMZn5P3WATd7Il6FgPJNu"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.buckowens.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buck Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buck Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buck Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buck Owens"
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    title: "Buck Owens"
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    title: "Buck Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buck Owens"
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    title: "バック・オーウェンス"
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    title: "Buck Owens"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Owens"
    title: "Buck Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Оуэнс, Бак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buck Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Buck_Owens"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump