# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-thorogood
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:14:28.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-thorogood"
name: "George Thorogood"
slug: "george-thorogood"
description: "George Lawrence Thorogood is an American musician, singer and songwriter. His \"high-energy boogie-blues\" sound became a staple of 1980s US rock radio, with hits like his original songs \"Bad to the Bone\" and \"I Drink Alone\". He has also helped to popularize older songs by American icons, such as \"Move It on Over\", \"Who Do You Love?\", and \"House Rent Blues/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer\"."
tagline: "American blues rock vocalist/guitarist (born 1950)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgeThorogood.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: "1950-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.98
  momentum:             1.386220602848625
  historical:           22.10868666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973888/"
    handle:    "nm0973888"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://georgethorogood.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "George Thorogood"
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    title: "George Thorogood"
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    title: "George Thorogood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Thorogood"
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    title: "Торогуд, Джордж"
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    title: "George Thorogood"
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    title: "George Thorogood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джордж Торогуд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump