# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clem-burke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:20:04.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clem-burke"
name: "Clem Burke"
slug: "clem-burke"
description: "Clement Anthony Burke was an American musician best known as the drummer for the band Blondie. He joined the band shortly after its formation in 1975 and remained with Blondie throughout the band's entire career until his death in 2025. He appeared on all of the band's albums with two of the founding members, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein. He was drummer for the Ramones for a brief time in 1987 under the name Elvis Ramone, and played on albums by other artists, including Eurythmics, Bob Dylan and Iggy Pop. He was a member of the Romantics from 1990 until 2004."
tagline: "American drummer (1954–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blondie_drummer_Clem_Burke_on_July_11%2C_2008.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: "1954-11-24"
deathDate: "2025-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.17421066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0121643/"
    handle:    "nm0121643"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump