# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-orr
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:35:03.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-orr"
name: "Benjamin Orr"
slug: "benjamin-orr"
description: "Benjamin Orr was an American musician. He was best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their hits, including \"Just What I Needed\", \"Let's Go\", \"Moving in Stereo\", and \"Drive\". He also had the solo hit \"Stay the Night\"."
tagline: "American musician (1947–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Orr_1984_(Elektra_Press_Kit_Photo)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947-09-08"
deathDate: "2000-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.192287234042553
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&amp;sql=11:0i5zef5k7gf1~T1"
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    title: "Бенџамин Ор"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump