# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-murphy
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:32:42.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-murphy"
name: "Alan Murphy"
slug: "alan-murphy"
description: "Alan Murphy was an English rock session guitarist who worked with Kate Bush and Go West. In 1988, he joined the jazz-funk band Level 42 as a full-time band member, and played with them until his death from pneumonia, resulting from AIDS, in 1989. He also played lead guitar on select recordings by Mike and the Mechanics, including the hit single \"Silent Running \"."
tagline: "British guitarist, session musician (1953-1989)"
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: "1953-11-28"
deathDate: "1989-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.57
  momentum:             1.299435028248587
  historical:           6.6792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/281923"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A"
    title: "ألان ميرفي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%89"
    title: "الان ميرفى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C"
    title: "الان میرفی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Murphy"
    title: "Alan Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Murphy"
    title: "Alan Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Murphy"
    title: "Alan Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6629e55a-308a-4be6-a906-1e13c91f954f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2830560"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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