# Frankie Yankovic

> Frank John Yankovic was an American accordion player and polka musician. Known as "America's Polka King", Yankovic was considered the premier artist to play in the Slovenian style during his long career. He shares no relation to fellow accordionist "Weird Al" Yankovic.

*Slovenian-American musician (1915-1998)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/frankie-yankovic

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1915-07-28
- **Died:** 1998-10-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 7.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946149/ (@nm0946149)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1568464)
- [فرانكى يانكوفيتش](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4)
- [Frankie Yankovic](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic)
- [Frankie Yankovic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic)
- [Frankie Yankovic](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic)
- [Frankie Yankovic](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic)
- [Frankie Yankovic](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic)
- [Янковик, Фрэнки](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [Frankie Yankovic](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic)
- [Frankie Yankovic](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/71ae1712-9381-4b5f-915b-bb125f7764b7)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150272)

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