# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/earl-robinson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:35:16.037Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/earl-robinson"
name: "Earl Robinson"
slug: "earl-robinson"
description: "Earl Hawley Robinson was an American composer, arranger and folk music singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Robinson is remembered for his music, including the cantata \"Ballad for Americans\" and songs such as \"Joe Hill\" and \"Black and White\", which expressed his left-leaning political views. He wrote many popular songs and music for Hollywood films, including his collaboration with Lewis Allan on the 1940s hit \"The House I Live In\" from the Academy Award winning film of the same name. He was a member of the Communist Party from the 1930s to the 1950s."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter and composer (1910-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Earl_Robinson_Paul_Robeson_Ballad_for_Americans_1939.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: "1910-07-02"
deathDate: "1991-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.556517333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732581/"
    handle:    "nm0732581"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/109645"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "إيرل روبنسون (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "ايرل روبنسون (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Robinson"
    title: "Earl Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Robinson"
    title: "Earl Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Robinson_(compositeur)"
    title: "Earl Robinson (compositeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Robinson"
    title: "Earl Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Robinson"
    title: "Earl Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bdd9f8ea-c3d6-450a-80a0-5cf9bf178dfa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1277150"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/186302"
    title: "Earl Robinson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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