# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:18:40.686Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-johnston"
name: "Tom Johnston"
slug: "tom-johnston"
description: "Charles Thomas Johnston is an American musician. He is a guitarist and vocalist, known principally as a founder, guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter for the rock group the Doobie Brothers, as well as for his own solo career. He has played off and on with the Doobie Brothers for 50 years, in several styles."
tagline: "American musician and recording artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_johnston_and_guitar_mates.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: "1948-08-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.07
  momentum:             1.006504621704895
  historical:           14.658712
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157474/"
    handle:    "nm1157474"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/77vFMS6JGC1VvpBh60OCRr"
    handle:    "77vFMS6JGC1VvpBh60OCRr"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "توم جونستون (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توم جونستون (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "تام جانستون (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnston"
    title: "Tom Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnston_(musician)"
    title: "Tom Johnston (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnston"
    title: "Tom Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "تام جانستون (نوازنده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnston_(musicien)"
    title: "Tom Johnston (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnston"
    title: "Tom Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "トム・ジョンストン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnston_(zanger)"
    title: "Tom Johnston (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnston"
    title: "Tom Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnston"
    title: "Tom Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnston"
    title: "Tom Johnston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f15612c5-52e8-4927-a3c0-648482affeb8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710641"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1931384"
    title: "Tom Johnston"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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