# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doris-akers
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:08:56.052Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doris-akers"
name: "Doris Akers"
slug: "doris-akers"
description: "Doris Mae Akers was an American gospel music composer, arranger and singer who is considered to be \"one of the most underrated gospel composers of the 20th century [who] wrote more than 500 songs\". Known for her work with the Sky Pilot Choir, she was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2001."
tagline: "American music composer, arranger and singer (1923-1995)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/DorisAkers.jpg"
gender: "female"
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: "1923-05-21"
deathDate: "1995-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.620736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دوريس اكيرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "دوريس اكيرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Akers"
    title: "Doris Akers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Akers"
    title: "Doris Akers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Akers"
    title: "Doris Akers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Akers"
    title: "Doris Akers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Akers"
    title: "Doris Akers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Akers"
    title: "Doris Akers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ڈورس ایکرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2ca1f214-3ba8-4210-8eeb-df00591313a7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5297890"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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