# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernon-duke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:54:27.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vernon-duke"
name: "Vernon Duke"
slug: "vernon-duke"
description: "Vernon Duke was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter who also wrote under his birth name, Vladimir Dukelsky. He is best known for \"Taking a Chance on Love,\" with lyrics by Ted Fetter and John Latouche (1940); \"I Can't Get Started,\" with lyrics by Ira Gershwin (1936); \"April in Paris,\" with lyrics by E. Y. (\"Yip\") Harburg (1932), and \"What Is There To Say,\" for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, also with Harburg."
tagline: "American composer (1903-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vernon_Duke.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: "1903-10-10"
deathDate: "1969-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.416974169741697
  historical:           18.20601733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241216/"
    handle:    "nm0241216"
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    title: "Дукельский, Владимир Александрович"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump