# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-montez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:24:42.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-montez"
name: "Chris Montez"
slug: "chris-montez"
description: "Chris Montez is an American guitarist and vocalist, whose stylistic approach has ranged from rock & roll to pop standards and Latin music. His rock sound is exemplified in songs such as his 1962 hit \"Let's Dance\", which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. When his early music's popularity began to fade, he switched to a more traditional role as a popular singer of soft ballads, scoring hits with “The More I See You” and “Call Me\" in 1966. He has also recorded in Latin styles. Over the intervening years, he has continued to work in all three modes."
tagline: "American musician of Mexican parents"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Montez.png?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: "1943-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.71293733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1705417/"
    handle:    "nm1705417"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chrismontez.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/89630"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "كريس مونتيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "کریس مونتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Montez"
    title: "Chris Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Montez"
    title: "Chris Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Montez"
    title: "Chris Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "کریس مونتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Montez"
    title: "Chris Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Montez"
    title: "Chris Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9"
    title: "クリス・モンテス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4_%EB%AA%AC%ED%85%8C%EC%A6%88"
    title: "크리스 몬테즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Montez"
    title: "Chris Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Montez"
    title: "Chris Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Montez"
    title: "Chris Montez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e161330c-8c2a-4ccc-80c6-88d48f9d4095"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077577"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1538975"
    title: "Chris Montez"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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