# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-cochran
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:02:07.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-cochran"
name: "Wayne Cochran"
slug: "wayne-cochran"
description: "Talvin Wayne Cochran was an American singer, known for his outlandish outfits and platinum blond pompadour hairstyle. He was sometimes referred to as The White Knight of Soul. Cochran is best known today for writing the song \"Last Kiss\", which he performed with the C.C. Riders."
tagline: "American soul singer (1939-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wayne_Cochran_1969.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: "1939-05-10"
deathDate: "2017-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.54
  momentum:             0.3252299605781866
  historical:           12.17981466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168220/"
    handle:    "nm0168220"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.waynecochranandtheccriders.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "واين كوشران"
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    title: "واين كوشران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وین کوکران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Cochran"
    title: "Wayne Cochran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Cochran"
    title: "Wayne Cochran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Cochran"
    title: "Wayne Cochran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Cochran"
    title: "Wayne Cochran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وین کوکران"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Cochran"
    title: "Wayne Cochran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Cochran"
    title: "Wayne Cochran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Cochran"
    title: "Wayne Cochran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Wayne Cochran"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump