# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/conny-plank
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:13:25.560Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/conny-plank"
name: "Conny Plank"
slug: "conny-plank"
description: "Konrad \"Conny\" Plank was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involved in releases by Neu!, Kraftwerk, Cluster, Harmonia, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, Kraan, and other German groups of the era. He later produced for new wave acts such as D.A.F., Eurythmics, Ultravox, Killing Joke, and Play Dead. He was influential to producer Martin Hannett."
tagline: "German record producer and musician (1940–1987)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/Conny_Plank.jpg/330px-Conny_Plank.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-05-03"
deathDate: "1987-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.74198933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9307059/"
    handle:    "nm9307059"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/08FWvWF11GQMwHxJt1zdlW"
    handle:    "08FWvWF11GQMwHxJt1zdlW"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "كونى پلانك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA"
    title: "Кони Планк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny_Plank"
    title: "Conny Plank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BD%CF%85_%CE%A0%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BA"
    title: "Κόννυ Πλανκ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny_Plank"
    title: "Conny Plank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Plank"
    title: "Konrad Plank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny_Plank"
    title: "Conny Plank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny_Plank"
    title: "Conny Plank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF"
    title: "コニー・プランク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny_Plank"
    title: "Conny Plank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny_Plank"
    title: "Conny Plank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny_Plank"
    title: "Conny Plank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny_Plank"
    title: "Conny Plank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Планк, Конни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Plank"
    title: "Konrad Plank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA"
    title: "Конні Планк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c2e32e77-ca58-4211-97b5-7e9eadac2f1d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61428"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1897423"
    title: "Conny Plank"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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