# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hank-garland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:16:01.501Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hank-garland"
name: "Hank Garland"
slug: "hank-garland"
description: "Walter Louis Garland, known professionally as Hank Garland, was an American guitarist and songwriter. He started as a country musician, played rock and roll as it became popular in the 1950s, and released a jazz album in 1960. His career was cut short when a car accident in 1961 left him unable to perform."
tagline: "American musician (1930–2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/Hank_Garland.jpg"
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: "1930-11-11"
deathDate: "2004-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.99
  momentum:             15
  historical:           12.71916533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1775382/"
    handle:    "nm1775382"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://hankgarland.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "هانك غارلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "هانك جارلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "هانک قارلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"
    title: "Hank Garland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"
    title: "Hank Garland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"
    title: "Hank Garland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"
    title: "Hank Garland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"
    title: "Hank Garland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"
    title: "Hank Garland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%96%89%ED%81%AC_%EA%B0%88%EB%9F%B0%EB%93%9C"
    title: "행크 갈런드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"
    title: "Hank Garland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"
    title: "Hank Garland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"
    title: "Hank Garland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hank_Garland"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8a577482-0048-4601-8c67-68ba1c686bd7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704578"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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