# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-mckay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:27:36.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-mckay"
name: "Al McKay"
slug: "al-mckay"
description: "Albert Phillip McKay is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He is a former member of The Watts 103rd Rhythm Street Band and Earth, Wind & Fire. As a member of EW&F, during 2000, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has also worked with artists such as Gene Harris, Patrice Rushen, The Temptations and Ramsey Lewis. McKay also leads his own band called the Al McKay All Stars."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al_mckay.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: "1948-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.9
  momentum:             2.292576419213974
  historical:           8.287521333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570913/"
    handle:    "nm0570913"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.almckay.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/310689"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "أل مكاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "ال مكاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "ال مکای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McKay"
    title: "Al McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McKay"
    title: "Al McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McKay"
    title: "Al McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McKay"
    title: "Al McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_McKay"
    title: "Al McKay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/20ed1946-1317-4f9e-ae72-817548b4ace2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2636166"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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