# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-purdie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:02:46.737Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-purdie"
name: "Bernard Purdie"
slug: "bernard-purdie"
description: "Bernard Lee \"Pretty\" Purdie is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul, funk and jazz musician. He is known for his precise time-keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the Purdie shuffle. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013."
tagline: "American R&B, soul and funk drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard_Purdie_2020.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: "1939-06-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.16
  momentum:             7.886597938144331
  historical:           12.0059
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1210602/"
    handle:    "nm1210602"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0v0wFiHWFaKEEAwlDtDiRT"
    handle:    "0v0wFiHWFaKEEAwlDtDiRT"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/44138"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3"
    title: "バーナード・パーディ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Purdie"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bc2f964f-1415-45b3-b4eb-637ec216a069"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q765416"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5880147"
    title: "Bernard Purdie"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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