# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-burgess
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:37:16.846Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-burgess"
name: "Sonny Burgess"
slug: "sonny-burgess"
description: "Albert Austin \"Sonny\" Burgess was an American rockabilly guitarist and singer."
tagline: "American rockabilly guitarist and singer (1929–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonny_Burgess.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: "1931-05-28"
deathDate: "2017-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.17
  momentum:             0.2786377708978328
  historical:           10.75723733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1906836/"
    handle:    "nm1906836"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.legendarypacers.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/612400"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%B3"
    title: "سوني بورغس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B3"
    title: "سونى بورجس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burgess"
    title: "Sonny Burgess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burgess"
    title: "Sonny Burgess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burgess"
    title: "Sonny Burgess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burgess"
    title: "Sonny Burgess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burgess"
    title: "Sonny Burgess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burgess"
    title: "Sonny Burgess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burgess"
    title: "Sonny Burgess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burgess"
    title: "Sonny Burgess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bdc377f8-5701-4dc2-9180-bb635aa4ff5c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q362371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2979909"
    title: "Sonny Burgess"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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