# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russ-columbo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:21:09.346Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russ-columbo"
name: "Russ Columbo"
slug: "russ-columbo"
description: "Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo, known as Russ Columbo, was an American baritone, songwriter, violinist, and actor. He is famous for romantic ballads such as his signature tune \"You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love\" and his own compositions \"Prisoner of Love\" and \"Too Beautiful for Words\"."
tagline: "American singer, violinist, and actor (1908–1934)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Russ_Columbo.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: "1908-01-14"
deathDate: "1934-09-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.98
  momentum:             8.957363726353437
  historical:           11.74773866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173375/"
    handle:    "nm0173375"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Russ Columbo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روس كولومبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Columbo"
    title: "Russ Columbo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B3_%DA%A9%DB%86%DA%B5%DB%86%D9%85%D8%A8%DB%86"
    title: "ڕووس کۆڵۆمبۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Columbo"
    title: "Russ Columbo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Columbo"
    title: "Russ Columbo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Columbo"
    title: "Russ Columbo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Columbo"
    title: "Russ Columbo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Columbo"
    title: "Russ Columbo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Columbo"
    title: "Russ Columbo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Columbo"
    title: "Russ Columbo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88"
    title: "روس کولمبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1086015"
    title: "Russ Columbo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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