# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-perkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:03:56.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-perkins"
name: "Frank Perkins"
slug: "frank-perkins"
description: "Frank S. Perkins was an American song composer best known for the song \"Stars Fell on Alabama\" and his band classic, Fandango. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts and died in Los Angeles, California."
tagline: "American composer (1908-1988)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1908-04-21"
deathDate: "1988-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.2
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.473362666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673936/"
    handle:    "nm0673936"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/492860"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "فرانك بيركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "فرانك بيركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Perkins_(Komponist)"
    title: "Frank Perkins (Komponist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Perkins_(composer)"
    title: "Frank Perkins (composer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_S._Perkins"
    title: "Frank S. Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "فرینک پرکنز (موسیقار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/427808fe-b95c-4749-9051-b7fa76e20640"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2231142"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2069054"
    title: "Frank Perkins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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