# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hank-locklin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:39:10.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hank-locklin"
name: "Hank Locklin"
slug: "hank-locklin"
description: "Lawrence Hankins Locklin was an American country music singer and songwriter. He had 70 chart singles, including two number-one hits on Billboard's country chart. His biggest hits included \"Send Me the Pillow You Dream On\" and his signature \"Please Help Me, I'm Falling\". The latter also went to number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart. Billboard's 100th anniversary issue listed it as the second-most successful country single of the rock and roll era. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America."
tagline: "American musician (1918–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hank_Locklin.png?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: "1918-02-15"
deathDate: "2009-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.18085333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1285118/"
    handle:    "nm1285118"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.hanklocklin.com/index.html"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هانك لوكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هانك لوكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9_%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "هانک لوکلین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Locklin"
    title: "Hank Locklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Locklin"
    title: "Hank Locklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Locklin"
    title: "Hank Locklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Locklin"
    title: "Hank Locklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Locklin"
    title: "Hank Locklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Locklin"
    title: "Hank Locklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Locklin"
    title: "Hank Locklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Locklin"
    title: "Hank Locklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Locklin"
    title: "Hank Locklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BA"
    title: "Локлин, Хэнк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1575585"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Hank Locklin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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