# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bap-kennedy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:27:28.745Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bap-kennedy"
name: "Bap Kennedy"
slug: "bap-kennedy"
description: "Martin Christopher Kennedy, known as Bap Kennedy, was a singer-songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was noted for his collaborations with Steve Earle, Van Morrison, Shane MacGowan and Mark Knopfler, as well as for writing the song \"Moonlight Kiss\" which was on the soundtrack for the film Serendipity."
tagline: "Northern Irish singer, songwriter and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bappic.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: "1962-06-17"
deathDate: "2016-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.18
  momentum:             5.004774897680764
  historical:           8.561053333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BapKennedy"
    handle:    "BapKennedy"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1230139/"
    handle:    "nm1230139"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bapkennedy.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/402502"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "باپ كينيدى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bap_Kennedy"
    title: "Bap Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bap_Kennedy"
    title: "Bap Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bap_Kennedy"
    title: "Bap Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bap_Kennedy"
    title: "Bap Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B1%81_%EC%BC%80%EB%84%A4%EB%94%94"
    title: "뱁 케네디"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bap_Kennedy"
    title: "Bap Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bap_Kennedy"
    title: "Bap Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ecc71d06-dde1-4db4-8fd3-0d2e3dd2e4b1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4857499"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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