# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hilly-kristal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:54:38.984Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hilly-kristal"
name: "Hilly Kristal"
slug: "hilly-kristal"
description: "Hillel Kristal was an American club owner, manager and musician who was the owner of the New York City club CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute."
tagline: "American club owner and musician (1931–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HillyKristal%40CBGB's.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1931-09-23"
deathDate: "2007-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.980750666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0961234/"
    handle:    "nm0961234"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Hilly Kristal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hilly Kristal"
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    title: "Hilly Kristal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilly_Kristal"
    title: "Hilly Kristal"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilly_Kristal"
    title: "Hilly Kristal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilly_Kristal"
    title: "Hilly Kristal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilly_Kristal"
    title: "Hilly Kristal"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4447f82d-2915-494d-9bba-5f3805e2f416"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilly_Kristal"
    title: "Hilly Kristal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353348"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump