# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-austin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:08:02.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-austin"
name: "Gene Austin"
slug: "gene-austin"
description: "Lemeul Eugene Lucas, better known by his stage name Gene Austin, was an American singer and songwriter, one of the early \"crooners\". His recording of \"My Blue Heaven\" sold over 5 million copies and was for a while the largest selling record of all time. His 1920s compositions \"When My Sugar Walks Down the Street\" and \"The Lonesome Road\" became pop and jazz standards."
tagline: "American singer (1900–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gene_Austin_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1900-06-24"
deathDate: "1972-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.01649333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042386/"
    handle:    "nm0042386"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جین آسٹن (نغمہ نویس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جين لوكاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جين لوكاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جین لوکاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Austin"
    title: "Gene Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Austin"
    title: "Gene Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Austin"
    title: "Gene Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Austin"
    title: "Gene Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Austin"
    title: "Gene Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Austin"
    title: "Gene Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Austin"
    title: "Gene Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Остин, Джин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Austin"
    title: "Gene Austin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443225"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/103624"
    title: "Gene Austin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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