# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-marks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:17:23.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-marks"
name: "Johnny Marks"
slug: "johnny-marks"
description: "John David Marks was an American songwriter. He specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many holiday standards, including \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\", \"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree\", \"A Holly Jolly Christmas\", \"Silver and Gold\", and \"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day\"."
tagline: "American songwriter (1909–1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Photo_of_Johnny_Marks.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
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: "1909-11-10"
deathDate: "1985-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.12
  momentum:             0.8868778280542987
  historical:           10.10997466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548869/"
    handle:    "nm0548869"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/284101"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "جوني ماركس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "جونى ماركس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "جونی مارکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks"
    title: "Johnny Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks"
    title: "Johnny Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks"
    title: "Johnny Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks"
    title: "Johnny Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks"
    title: "Johnny Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジョニー・マークス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Marks"
    title: "Johnny Marks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0a82fd0c-18aa-4410-b12a-6cb0f1507cde"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702357"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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