# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-ross
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:36:17.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-ross"
name: "Jerry Ross"
slug: "jerry-ross"
description: "Jerry Ross was an American lyricist and composer whose works with Richard Adler for the musical theater include The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, winners of Tony Awards in 1955 and 1956, respectively, in both the \"Best Musical\" and \"Best Composer and Lyricist\" categories."
tagline: "American lyricist and composer (1926-1955)"
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: "1926-03-09"
deathDate: "1955-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.488338666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/692751"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جيري روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جيرى روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جیری روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Ross_(Komponist)"
    title: "Jerry Ross (Komponist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Ross_(composer)"
    title: "Jerry Ross (composer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Ross"
    title: "Jerry Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Ross_(componist)"
    title: "Jerry Ross (componist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/65edece8-96ab-4243-b958-36875d5ba902"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1687860"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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