# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-preston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:18:01.417Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-preston"
name: "Johnny Preston"
slug: "johnny-preston"
description: "John Preston Courville, known professionally as Johnny Preston, was an American rock and roll singer, best known for his 1959 international number one hit \"Running Bear\" and his 1960 hit “Cradle of Love”"
tagline: "American rock and roll singer (1939–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Preston_1960.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1939-08-18"
deathDate: "2011-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.85112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1993785"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Preston"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump