# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gene-summers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:44:02.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gene-summers"
name: "Gene Summers"
slug: "gene-summers"
description: "David Eugene Summers was an American rockabilly singer, songwriter and guitarist. His most famous recordings include the late 1950s \"School of Rock 'n Roll\", \"Straight Skirt\", \"Nervous\", \"Gotta Lotta That\", \"Twixteen\", \"Alabama Shake\", \"Fancy Dan\" and his biggest-selling single \"Big Blue Diamonds\". Summers was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Southern Legends Entertainment & Performing Arts Hall of Fame in 2005. He still performed worldwide and celebrated his 50th anniversary as a recording artist in 2008 with the release of Reminisce Cafe."
tagline: "American rock musician (1939–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gene_Summers.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1939-01-03"
deathDate: "2021-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.92
  momentum:             1.538461538461538
  historical:           6.812564
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/1032309907"
    handle:    "1032309907"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rockabillyhall.com/GeneSummers.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1254724"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "جين سوميرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Summers"
    title: "Gene Summers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Summers"
    title: "Gene Summers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Summers"
    title: "Gene Summers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Summers"
    title: "Gene Summers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Summers"
    title: "Gene Summers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7cffa2a5-4e0e-40f0-ae12-4f1ada09bee4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3100476"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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