# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marshall-crenshaw
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:01:58.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marshall-crenshaw"
name: "Marshall Crenshaw"
slug: "marshall-crenshaw"
description: "Marshall Howard Crenshaw is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for hit songs such as \"Someday, Someway\", a US top 40 hit in 1982, \"Cynical Girl\", and \"Whenever You're on My Mind\". He is also the co-author of one of the biggest radio hits of the 1990s, Gin Blossoms's \"Til I Hear It from You\". His music has roots in classic soul music and Buddy Holly, to whom Crenshaw was often compared in the early days of his career, and whom he portrayed in the 1987 film La Bamba."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marshallcrenshaw.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: "1953-11-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.60934
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mcrenshaw"
    handle:    "mcrenshaw"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MarshallCrenshawOfficial"
    handle:    "MarshallCrenshawOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187409/"
    handle:    "nm0187409"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/73YLmyaazO66GncUVHP0KV"
    handle:    "73YLmyaazO66GncUVHP0KV"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.marshallcrenshaw.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/312044"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "مارشال كرينشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "مارشال كرينشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Crenshaw"
    title: "Marshall Crenshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Crenshaw"
    title: "Marshall Crenshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Crenshaw"
    title: "Marshall Crenshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Crenshaw"
    title: "Marshall Crenshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Crenshaw"
    title: "Marshall Crenshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Crenshaw"
    title: "Marshall Crenshaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3a389027-814a-4f99-8f12-44e5276595cf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6773536"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/183566"
    title: "Marshall Crenshaw"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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