# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luther-perkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:35:47.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luther-perkins"
name: "Luther Perkins"
slug: "luther-perkins"
description: "Luther Monroe Perkins, Jr. was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash. Perkins was an iconic figure in what would become known as rockabilly music. His creatively simple, sparsely embellished, rhythmic use of Fender Esquire, Jazzmaster and Jaguar guitars is credited for creating Cash's signature \"boom-chicka-boom\" style."
tagline: "American musician (1928–1968)"
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: "1928-01-08"
deathDate: "1968-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.12
  momentum:             14.54212454212454
  historical:           11.936512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673999/"
    handle:    "nm0673999"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "لوثر بيركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Luther Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Perkins"
    title: "Luther Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Perkins"
    title: "Luther Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Perkins"
    title: "Luther Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Perkins"
    title: "Luther Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ルーサー・パーキンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Perkins"
    title: "Luther Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Perkins"
    title: "Luther Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Perkins"
    title: "Luther Perkins"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/370b958c-c782-40f7-812f-70d9b60f1bb6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1387284"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Luther Perkins"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump