# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ted-daffan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:05:29.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ted-daffan"
name: "Ted Daffan"
slug: "ted-daffan"
description: "Theron Eugene \"Ted\" Daffan was an American country musician noted for composing the seminal \"Truck Driver's Blues\" and two much−covered country anthems of unrequited love, \"Born to Lose\" and \"I'm a Fool to Care\"."
tagline: "American country musician (1912-1996)"
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: "1912-09-21"
deathDate: "1996-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.15
  momentum:             9.818181818181818
  historical:           7.009612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/713317"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تيد دافان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Daffan"
    title: "Ted Daffan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Daffan"
    title: "Ted Daffan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Daffan"
    title: "Ted Daffan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Daffan"
    title: "Ted Daffan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Daffan"
    title: "Ted Daffan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3fe8e700-1c9c-4490-a793-a3a4e7914418"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2328312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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