# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herb-magidson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:32:31.278Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herb-magidson"
name: "Herb Magidson"
slug: "herb-magidson"
description: "Herbert A. Magidson was an American popular lyricist. His work was used in over 23 films and four Broadway revues. He won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1934."
tagline: "American popular lyricist (1906-1986)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Herbert_Magidson.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: "1906-01-07"
deathDate: "1986-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.13
  momentum:             3.80952380952381
  historical:           10.07660266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536054/"
    handle:    "nm0536054"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Herb Magidson"
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    title: "Herb Magidson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Magidson"
    title: "Herb Magidson"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Magidson"
    title: "Herb Magidson"
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    title: "ارب مگیدسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Magidson"
    title: "Herbert Magidson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Magidson"
    title: "Herb Magidson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Magidson"
    title: "Herb Magidson"
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    title: "Herb Magidson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Herb Magidson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump