# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-kirshner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:58:26.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-kirshner"
name: "Don Kirshner"
slug: "don-kirshner"
description: "Donald Kirshner was an American music publisher, music consultant, rock music producer, talent manager, and songwriter. Dubbed \"the Man with the Golden Ear\" by Time, he was best known for managing songwriting talent as well as successful pop groups including the Monkees, Kansas, and the Archies."
tagline: "American songwriter, publisher, music producer, manager (1934–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Kirshner_1974_(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: "1934-04-17"
deathDate: "2011-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           60.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.69007733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 39
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004148/"
    handle:    "nm0004148"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.donkirshner.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVt31KgN_zNgreYQNvlQGlw"
    handle:    "@donkirshnerrock"
    followers: 39
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دون كيرشنير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "دن کرشنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%A8"
    title: "דון קירשנר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ドン・カーシュナー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Киршнер, Дон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner"
    title: "Don Kirshner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1239246"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Don Kirshner"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump