# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenny-o-dell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:25:54.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenny-o-dell"
name: "Kenny O'Dell"
slug: "kenny-o-dell"
description: "Kenneth Guy Gist Jr., known as Kenny O'Dell, was an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for writing the number-one country hits \"Behind Closed Doors\" and \"Mama He's Crazy\". O'Dell was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American country music singer and songwriter (1944-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenny_O'Dell.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: "1944-06-21"
deathDate: "2018-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.87
  momentum:             6.081081081081081
  historical:           7.012816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1294060/"
    handle:    "nm1294060"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/792345"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كيني اوديل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كينى اوديل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_O'Dell"
    title: "Kenny O'Dell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_O'Dell"
    title: "Kenny O'Dell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ケニー・オデル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_O'Dell"
    title: "Kenny O'Dell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1bbdfc49-341b-416b-b729-8603d7f252f0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6021372"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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