# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorsey-burnette
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:34:33.070Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorsey-burnette"
name: "Dorsey Burnette"
slug: "dorsey-burnette"
description: "Dorsey William Burnett Jr. was an American early rockabilly singer. With his younger brother Johnny Burnette and a friend named Paul Burlison, he was a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. He is also the father of country musician and former Fleetwood Mac member Billy Burnette."
tagline: "American rockabilly musician (1932–1979)"
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: "1932-12-28"
deathDate: "1979-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.95
  momentum:             0.1796407185628743
  historical:           9.453856
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122453/"
    handle:    "nm0122453"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/689206"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "دورسي بورنيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "دورسى بورنيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsey_Burnette"
    title: "Dorsey Burnette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fde67061-08ed-43d1-bd77-29b13095d9ee"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsey_Burnette"
    title: "Dorsey Burnette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsey_Burnette"
    title: "Dorsey Burnette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsey_Burnette"
    title: "Dorsey Burnette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsey_Burnette"
    title: "Dorsey Burnette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsey_Burnette"
    title: "Dorsey Burnette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374936"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1243195"
    title: "Dorsey Burnette"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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