# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-burke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:19:39.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-burke"
name: "Sonny Burke"
slug: "sonny-burke"
description: "Joseph Francis \"Sonny\" Burke was an American musical arranger, composer, Big Band leader, and producer. He was a prominent figure in the U.S. music industry, particularly in Los Angeles."
tagline: "American musical arranger, composer, big band leader and producer (1914–1980)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Sonny_Burke.jpg"
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: "1914-03-22"
deathDate: "1980-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.623832
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0121870/"
    handle:    "nm0121870"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burke"
    title: "Sonny Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b444d148-ac49-4032-8254-270ab4b1edc9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "سوني بيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "سونى بيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%86%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8E%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "سۆنی بێرک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burke"
    title: "Sonny Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burke"
    title: "Sonny Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burke"
    title: "Sonny Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burke"
    title: "Sonny Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burke"
    title: "Sonny Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burke"
    title: "Sonny Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Burke"
    title: "Sonny Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485163"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/423177"
    title: "Sonny Burke"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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