# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-mcdaniels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:27:49.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-mcdaniels"
name: "Gene McDaniels"
slug: "gene-mcdaniels"
description: "Eugene Booker McDaniels was an American singer, producer and songwriter. He had his greatest recording success in the early 1960s, reaching number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with \"A Hundred Pounds of Clay\" and number five with \"Tower of Strength\", both hits in 1961. He had continued success as a songwriter with \"Compared to What\"."
tagline: "American singer and songwriter (1935-2011)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Gene_McDaniels.jpg"
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: "1935-02-12"
deathDate: "2011-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           60.44
  momentum:             1.871559633027523
  historical:           9.289604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1420
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567403/"
    handle:    "nm0567403"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://genemcdaniels.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCpCyiu2lJuKs_NnbCacO-g"
    handle:    "@eugenemcdaniels"
    followers: 1420
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/202252"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "جين مكدانيلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_McDaniels"
    title: "Gene McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_McDaniels"
    title: "Gene McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_McDaniels"
    title: "Gene McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_McDaniels"
    title: "Gene McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_McDaniels"
    title: "Gene McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_McDaniels"
    title: "Gene McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_McDaniels"
    title: "Gene McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b43965ae-1a17-4076-917b-4815a0fce36e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q981373"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1317076"
    title: "Gene McDaniels"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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