# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/randy-vanwarmer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:21:09.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/randy-vanwarmer"
name: "Randy VanWarmer"
slug: "randy-vanwarmer"
description: "Randy VanWarmer was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His biggest hit song was \"Just When I Needed You Most\". It reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1979 after peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks earlier that year."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1955-2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/51/Randy_VanWarmer-1981.png"
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: "1955-03-30"
deathDate: "2004-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.23
  momentum:             1.808107319918344
  historical:           10.50395866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6951570/"
    handle:    "nm6951570"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6IRQiyNmNGjGlrmEl0iArm"
    handle:    "6IRQiyNmNGjGlrmEl0iArm"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.randyvanwarmer.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "راندى ڤانوارمير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_VanWarmer"
    title: "Randy VanWarmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_VanWarmer"
    title: "Randy VanWarmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_VanWarmer"
    title: "Randy VanWarmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ランディ・ヴァンウォーマー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_VanWarmer"
    title: "Randy VanWarmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_VanWarmer"
    title: "Randy VanWarmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_VanWarmer"
    title: "Randy VanWarmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%98%AD%E8%BF%AA%C2%B7%E8%8C%83%E8%8F%AF%E9%BB%98"
    title: "蘭迪·范華默"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%98%AD%E8%BF%AA%C2%B7%E8%8C%83%E8%8F%AF%E9%BB%98"
    title: "蘭迪·范華默"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0da3a5cc-babe-4438-b4f5-f754d0a1ca26"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2105545"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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