# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joel-hirschhorn
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:42:07.463Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joel-hirschhorn"
name: "Joel Hirschhorn"
slug: "joel-hirschhorn"
description: "Joel Hirschhorn was an American songwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song on two occasions. He also wrote songs for a number of musicians, including Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison. Hirschhorn was born in the Bronx and attended the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan. After graduating, Hirschhorn became a regular performer on New York's nightclub circuit, both as a solo singer and as a member of the rock & roll band, The Highlighters."
tagline: "American songwriter (1937-2005)"
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: "1937-12-18"
deathDate: "2005-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.74776933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386610/"
    handle:    "nm0386610"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "چويل هيرستشهورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hirschhorn"
    title: "Joel Hirschhorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hirschhorn"
    title: "Joel Hirschhorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hirschhorn"
    title: "Joel Hirschhorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "جوئل هیرش‌هورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hirschhorn"
    title: "Joel Hirschhorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hirschhorn"
    title: "Joel Hirschhorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hirschhorn"
    title: "Joel Hirschhorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hirschhorn"
    title: "Joel Hirschhorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%DB%81%D8%B1%D8%B4_%DB%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "جوئل ہرش ہورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hirschhorn"
    title: "Joel Hirschhorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/373a3440-6c93-4b70-a5b5-1636836a60fb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1691721"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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