# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-costa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:12:29.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-costa"
name: "Don Costa"
slug: "don-costa"
description: "Dominick P. \"Don\" Costa was an American conductor and record producer. He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on several hit albums by Frank Sinatra, including Sinatra and Strings and My Way."
tagline: "American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist (1925–1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Costa_conducting_his_15_hits%2C_cover_photo_(cropped).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: "1925-06-10"
deathDate: "1983-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             14.18836644437703
  historical:           13.46674933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182134/"
    handle:    "nm0182134"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Costa"
    title: "Don Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Costa"
    title: "Don Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Costa"
    title: "Don Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Costa"
    title: "Don Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Costa"
    title: "Don Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Коста, Дон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Costa"
    title: "Don Costa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%A7"
    title: "ڈان کوسٹا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705356"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40167"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump