# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gwen-gordy-fuqua
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:48:55.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gwen-gordy-fuqua"
name: "Gwen Gordy Fuqua"
slug: "gwen-gordy-fuqua"
description: "Gwen Fuqua was an American businesswoman, songwriter and composer, most notably writing hit songs such as \"Lonely Teardrops\", \"All I Could Do Was Cry\" and \"Distant Lover\". She acquired her full name after marrying Harvey Fuqua and kept the name after their divorce."
tagline: "American businesswoman and musician (1927-1999)"
gender: "female"
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: "1927-11-26"
deathDate: "1999-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.330350666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10295156/"
    handle:    "nm10295156"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Gordy_Fuqua"
    title: "Gwen Gordy Fuqua"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "غوين غوردي فوكوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "جوين جوردى فوكوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/380085"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3"
    title: "グエン・ゴーディ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/806b738d-8a5a-4ea5-a7db-a2ef65ed7b76"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623423"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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