# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russ-ballard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:54:21.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russ-ballard"
name: "Russ Ballard"
slug: "russ-ballard"
description: "Russell Glyn Ballard is an English rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer. Originally rising to prominence as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Argent, Ballard became a prolific songwriter and producer by the late 1970s. His compositions \"New York Groove\", \"You Can Do Magic\", \"Since You Been Gone\", \"I Surrender\", \"Liar\", \"Winning\", \"I Know There's Something Going On\", \"Can't Shake Loose\", \"So You Win Again\", \"No More the Fool\" and \"God Gave Rock and Roll to You\" became hits for other artists during the 1970s and 1980s. He also scored several minor hits under his own name in the early and mid-1980s."
tagline: "English musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ritchie_Blackmore's_Rainbow_headlining_the_Stone_Free_2017_Festival_at_the_O2_(34537903484).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.19
  momentum:             18.69593803786575
  historical:           12.94089466666667
  currentAttention:     2.8
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  240
  category: null
totalFollowers: 532
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/russballardmusicofficial/"
    handle:    "russballardmusicofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RussBallardMusicOfficial"
    handle:    "RussBallardMusicOfficial"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQG0ew1uJKiyltlhvRzPqSw"
    handle:    "@russballardmusicofficial"
    followers: 532
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/140041"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "راسيل بالارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "راسيل بالارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard"
    title: "Russ Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard"
    title: "Russ Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard"
    title: "Russ Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard"
    title: "Russ Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard"
    title: "Russ Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "ラス・バラード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard"
    title: "Russ Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard"
    title: "Russ Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard"
    title: "Russ Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard"
    title: "Russ Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Ballard"
    title: "Russ Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f0bea941-5c7e-4253-ad43-5ba3c5a5f14d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1355924"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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