# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-meehan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:54:27.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-meehan"
name: "Tony Meehan"
slug: "tony-meehan"
description: "Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan was a founder member of the British group the Drifters with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which evolved into the Shadows. He played drums on early Cliff Richard and the Shadows hits and on early Shadows' instrumentals."
tagline: "British musician (1943–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Meehan_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-03-02"
deathDate: "2005-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.62
  momentum:             0.622740056247489
  historical:           13.02851733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576071/"
    handle:    "nm0576071"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تونى ميهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Meehan"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/55aef342-eb63-4c1d-98b3-79cbe80f15ca"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712368"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2560437"
    title: "Tony Meehan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump