# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-crook
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:08:35.539Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/max-crook"
name: "Max Crook"
slug: "max-crook"
description: "Maxfield Doyle Crook was an American musician, a pioneer of electronic music in pop. He was the featured soloist on Del Shannon's 1961 hit \"Runaway\", which he co-wrote and on which he played his own invention, the Musitron. He also recorded as Maximilian."
tagline: "American musician, songwriter; pioneer of electronic music in pop"
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: "1936-11-02"
deathDate: "2020-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.88
  momentum:             2.75
  historical:           6.81836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1423169/"
    handle:    "nm1423169"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3210556"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "ماكس كورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "ماكس كورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Crook"
    title: "Max Crook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Crook"
    title: "Max Crook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Crook"
    title: "Max Crook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Crook"
    title: "Max Crook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8040d92d-856e-46ea-bbbb-74c1b3c1949d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3302066"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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