# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenny-rankin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:28:09.162Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenny-rankin"
name: "Kenny Rankin"
slug: "kenny-rankin"
description: "Kenneth Joseph Rankin was an American singer and songwriter in the folk rock and singer-songwriter genres; he was influenced by jazz. Rankin often sang notes which were in a high range to express emotion."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter (1940-2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Kenny_Rankin_nonfree.jpg"
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: "1940-02-10"
deathDate: "2009-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.81
  momentum:             5.847497445398376
  historical:           11.684708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0710269/"
    handle:    "nm0710269"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1x82CGsqYeEgaL2ZrW7Khm"
    handle:    "1x82CGsqYeEgaL2ZrW7Khm"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيني رانكين"
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    title: "کینی رانکین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kenny Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rankin"
    title: "Kenny Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rankin"
    title: "Kenny Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ケニー・ランキン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kenny Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rankin"
    title: "Kenny Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Rankin"
    title: "Kenny Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ранкин, Кенни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kenny Rankin"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Kenny Rankin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump