# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gus-backus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:01:31.149Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gus-backus"
name: "Gus Backus"
slug: "gus-backus"
description: "Donald Edgar \"Gus\" Backus was an American singer. He started his career as a member of The Del-Vikings and later became a successful Schlager singer in Germany."
tagline: "American singer and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Polydor_24_403_Da_sprach_der_alte_H%C3%A4uptling.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: "1937-09-12"
deathDate: "2019-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.73
  momentum:             15
  historical:           10.02035066666667
  currentAttention:     4.44
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/gusbackus"
    handle:    "gusbackus"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045736/"
    handle:    "nm0045736"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5kcPRzYuORwT3cJCv5mkZx"
    handle:    "5kcPRzYuORwT3cJCv5mkZx"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gusbackus.de/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/503835"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "غوس باكوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جوس باكوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Backus"
    title: "Gus Backus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Backus"
    title: "Gus Backus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "گاس بکوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Backus"
    title: "Gus Backus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Backus"
    title: "Gus Backus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Backus"
    title: "Gus Backus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Backus"
    title: "Gus Backus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/07bc334a-a5dc-416b-ba0e-0cd6b8e44693"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320589"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/48869"
    title: "Gus Backus"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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