# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-lees
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:35:41.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-lees"
name: "Gene Lees"
slug: "gene-lees"
description: "Frederick Eugene John Lees was a Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and journalist. Lees worked as a newspaper journalist in his native Canada before moving to the United States, where he was a music critic and lyricist. His lyrics for Antonio Carlos Jobim's \"Corcovado\", have been recorded by such singers as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Queen Latifah, and Diana Krall."
tagline: "Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and journalist (1928–2010)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-02-08"
deathDate: "2010-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.59
  momentum:             0.8190476190476192
  historical:           9.887114666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498724/"
    handle:    "nm0498724"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/566918"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جين ليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جين ليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Lees"
    title: "Gene Lees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Lees"
    title: "Gene Lees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Lees"
    title: "Gene Lees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Lees"
    title: "Gene Lees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Lees"
    title: "Gene Lees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Лис, Джин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Lees"
    title: "Gene Lees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/13dd9c7f-6d78-441c-9939-68b293fe9b2e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453388"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1366395"
    title: "Gene Lees"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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