# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-o-keefe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:21:21.148Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-o-keefe"
name: "Johnny O'Keefe"
slug: "johnny-o-keefe"
description: "John Michael O'Keefe was an Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the early 1950s. A pioneer of Rock music in Australia, his hits include \"Wild One\" (1958), \"Shout!\" and \"She's My Baby\". Often referred to by his initials \"J.O'K.\" or by his nickname \"The Wild One\", O'Keefe was the first Australian rock n' roll performer to tour the United States, and the first Australian artist to make the local Top 40 charts. He had twenty-nine Top 40 hits in Australia between 1958 and 1973. In his twenty-year career, O'Keefe released over 50 singles, 50 EPs and 100 albums. O'Keefe was also a radio and television entertainer and presenter."
tagline: "Australian singer (1935-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnnyOKeefe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-01-19"
deathDate: "1978-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.11
  momentum:             1.103151862464183
  historical:           9.5116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1306017/"
    handle:    "nm1306017"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/710720"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "جونى اوكيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_O%E2%80%99Keefe"
    title: "Johnny O’Keefe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_O'Keefe"
    title: "Johnny O'Keefe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_O'Keefe"
    title: "Johnny O'Keefe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_O'Keefe"
    title: "Johnny O'Keefe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_O'Keefe"
    title: "Johnny O'Keefe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_O'Keefe"
    title: "Johnny O'Keefe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%E2%80%99%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%84%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "О’Киф, Джонни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb238d66-e385-430e-a3d4-2dfd60bb7f41"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962163"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1233844"
    title: "Johnny O'Keefe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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