# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/captain-sensible
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:40:08.234Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/captain-sensible"
name: "Captain Sensible"
slug: "captain-sensible"
description: "Raymond Ian Burns, known by the stage name Captain Sensible, is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He co-founded the punk rock band the Damned in 1976, originally playing bass before switching to guitar. He is known for his distinctive appearance including a red beret and sunglasses, typically with white frames. Sensible embarked on a solo career during the 1980s, achieving a UK number one hit with his version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's \"Happy Talk\" (1982) and further hits with \"Wot\" (1982) and \"Glad It's All Over\" (1984). In 2006, Sensible founded the Blah! Party. He continues to perform in the Damned."
tagline: "British singer, guitarist and bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CaptainSensible02.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: "1954-04-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.82267066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sensiblecaptain"
    handle:    "sensiblecaptain"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784483/"
    handle:    "nm0784483"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريمون بورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ريمون بورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ریمون بورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB"
    title: "Кэптен Сенсибл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c5b9c6e1-3aa2-4ff5-a89a-d4e86b09fcdf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1035151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/147912"
    title: "Captain Sensible"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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