# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/link-wray
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:25:02.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/link-wray"
name: "Link Wray"
slug: "link-wray"
description: "Fred Lincoln \"Link\" Wray Jr. was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. His 1958 instrumental single \"Rumble\" reached the top 20 in the United States, and was one of the earliest songs in rock music to use distortion and tremolo."
tagline: "American guitarist (1929–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Link_Wray_-_3-8-03_Photo_by_Anthony_Pepitone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-05-02"
deathDate: "2005-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0942052"
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    url:       "http://www.linkwray.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump