# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doug-kershaw
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:31:20.573Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doug-kershaw"
name: "Doug Kershaw"
slug: "doug-kershaw"
description: "Douglas James Kershaw is an American fiddle player, singer, and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1948, he began his career as part of the duo Rusty and Doug, along with his brother, Rusty Kershaw. He had an extensive solo career that included 15 albums and singles that charted on the Hot Country Songs charts. He is also a member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2009."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dougkershaw.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: "1936-01-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.77
  momentum:             10.40144595519324
  historical:           10.87117733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449956/"
    handle:    "nm0449956"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.grabow.biz/Country/DougKershaw.htm"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دوغ كيرشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دوج كيرشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "دوق کیرشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Kershaw"
    title: "Doug Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Kershaw"
    title: "Doug Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Kershaw"
    title: "Doug Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Kershaw"
    title: "Doug Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Kershaw"
    title: "Doug Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Kershaw"
    title: "Doug Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Kershaw"
    title: "Doug Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Kershaw"
    title: "Doug Kershaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c5921327-c7b7-4a32-abe8-0c3797bdb523"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1251780"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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