# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gershon-kingsley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:45:36.169Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gershon-kingsley"
name: "Gershon Kingsley"
slug: "gershon-kingsley"
description: "Gershon Kingsley was a German-American composer, a pioneer of electronic music and the Moog synthesizer, a partner in the electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, founder of the First Moog Quartet, and writer of rock-inspired compositions for Jewish religious ceremonies. Kingsley is most famous for his 1969 influential electronic instrumental composition \"Popcorn\", and his composition of the WGBH-TV Soundmark."
tagline: "American composer and musician (1922–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GershonKingsley.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1922-10-28"
deathDate: "2019-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           21.80602266666667
  currentAttention:     2.68
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "HerrPopcorn"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/HerrPopcorn"
    handle:    "HerrPopcorn"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump