# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chaz-jankel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:09:10.889Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chaz-jankel"
name: "Chaz Jankel"
slug: "chaz-jankel"
description: "Charles Jeremy \"Chaz\" Jankel is an English musician and songwriter. In a music career spanning more than 50 years, he came to prominence in the late 1970s as the guitarist and keyboardist of the rock band Ian Dury and the Blockheads. With Dury, Jankel co-wrote some of the band's best-known songs including \"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll\", \"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick\" and \"Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3\"."
tagline: "English rock musician (born 1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chas_Jankel_at_Water_Rats.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: "1952-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.85180933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417709/"
    handle:    "nm0417709"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chazjankel.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3477"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B2_%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "تشاز چانكيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84"
    title: "چاز جنکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Jankel"
    title: "Chaz Jankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Jankel"
    title: "Chaz Jankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84"
    title: "چاز جنکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Jankel"
    title: "Chaz Jankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Jankel"
    title: "Chaz Jankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Jankel"
    title: "Chaz Jankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Jankel"
    title: "Chaz Jankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaz_Jankel"
    title: "Chaz Jankel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ae49f3a6-8610-4bd2-97b9-795f5e78cd3e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359791"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58864"
    title: "Chaz Jankel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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