# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donnie-iris
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:03:42.381Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donnie-iris"
name: "Donnie Iris"
slug: "donnie-iris"
description: "Donnie Iris is an American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry during the 1970s and for his solo career beginning in the 1980s with his band, the Cruisers. He wrote the No. 2 Billboard hit, \"The Rapper\", with the Jaggerz in 1970 and was a member of Wild Cherry. He also achieved fame as a solo artist in the early 1980s with the No. 29 hit \"Ah! Leah!\" and the No. 37 hit \"Love Is Like a Rock.\""
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/Donnie_Iris_South_Park.jpg/330px-Donnie_Iris_South_Park.jpg"
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: "1943-02-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.845808
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/donnieiris"
    handle:    "donnieiris"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/donnieiris"
    handle:    "donnieiris"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.donnieiris.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/414456"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "دوني إريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "دونى اريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "دونی اریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Iris"
    title: "Donnie Iris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Iris"
    title: "Donnie Iris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Iris"
    title: "Donnie Iris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f785e8cd-648a-472b-8f22-a375e68ea8ed"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5296666"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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