# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-curtis-q724457
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:31:29.424Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-curtis-q724457"
name: "Chris Curtis"
slug: "chris-curtis-q724457"
description: "Chris Curtis was an English musician. He was best known for being a member the 1960s beat band The Searchers. He originated the concept behind Deep Purple and formed the band in its original incarnation of 'Roundabout'."
tagline: "British drummer and singer (1941–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Curtis_musician.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: "1941-08-26"
deathDate: "2005-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.618581333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193285/"
    handle:    "nm0193285"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/344342"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "كريس كورتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Curtis"
    title: "Chris Curtis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Curtis_(musician)"
    title: "Chris Curtis (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "კრის კერტისი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Curtis"
    title: "Chris Curtis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Curtis"
    title: "Chris Curtis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9A%D1%91%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Крис Кёртис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Curtis"
    title: "Chris Curtis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/09993f99-027b-4992-ab89-63b05e16d0a6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724457"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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