# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/goldy-mcjohn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:54:19.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/goldy-mcjohn"
name: "Goldy McJohn"
slug: "goldy-mcjohn"
description: "John Raymond Goadsby, known as Goldy McJohn, was a Canadian keyboard player best known as the original keyboardist for rock group Steppenwolf. Originally a classically trained pianist, he was a pioneer in the early use of the electronic organ in heavy metal."
tagline: "Canadian musician, founding member of Steppenwolf (1945-2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Goldy_McJohn_%281971%29.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-05-02"
deathDate: "2017-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.983810666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/GoldyMcJohnSteppenwolf"
    handle:    "GoldyMcJohnSteppenwolf"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2040555/"
    handle:    "nm2040555"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جولدى ماك جون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldy_McJohn"
    title: "Goldy McJohn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldy_McJohn"
    title: "Goldy McJohn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldy_McJohn"
    title: "Goldy McJohn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldy_McJohn"
    title: "Goldy McJohn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldy_McJohn"
    title: "Goldy McJohn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/87750763-8734-4615-9fea-1021cf85b536"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3496153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5696970"
    title: "Goldy McJohn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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