# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-birch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:16:47.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-birch"
name: "Bob Birch"
slug: "bob-birch"
description: "Robert Wayne Birch was an American musician, best known as the bass player for Elton John."
tagline: "American bassist (1956–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Birch_at_Elton_John_Concert_Wiesbaden.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: "1956-07-14"
deathDate: "2012-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.38
  momentum:             1.364030335861321
  historical:           12.31008266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1343919/"
    handle:    "nm1343919"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "بوب بيرش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "بوب بيرش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Birch"
    title: "Bob Birch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Birch"
    title: "Bob Birch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Birch"
    title: "Bob Birch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Birch"
    title: "Bob Birch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Birch"
    title: "Bob Birch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Birch"
    title: "Bob Birch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%A5_%EB%B2%84%EC%B9%98"
    title: "밥 버치"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Birch"
    title: "Bob Birch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Birch"
    title: "Bob Birch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%91%D1%80%D1%87%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Бёрч, Боб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Birch"
    title: "Bob Birch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3bdb7d0c-3ef4-4760-8ede-16558a2add6b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1348193"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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