# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-hite
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:26:57.089Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-hite"
name: "Bob Hite"
slug: "bob-hite"
description: "Robert Ernest Hite, also known as \"The Bear\", was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer who was the co-lead vocalist of the blues rock band Canned Heat from 1965 until his death in 1981."
tagline: "American musician (1943–1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob-Hite_of_Canned_Heat.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: "1943-02-26"
deathDate: "1981-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.98
  momentum:             2.188638745755691
  historical:           16.38502
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386921/"
    handle:    "nm0386921"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bobhite.net/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوب هايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باب هایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باب هایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%91_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98"
    title: "בוב הייט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hite"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6bedd038-dfb9-433a-8700-d75373748bbe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887993"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120052"
    title: "Bob Hite"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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