# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-james
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:52:21.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-james"
name: "Bob James"
slug: "bob-james"
description: "Robert McElhiney James is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote \"Angela\", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. According to VICE, music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and believed to have contributed to the formation of hip hop. Among his most well known recordings are \"Nautilus\", \"Westchester Lady\", \"Tappan Zee\", and his version of \"Take Me to the Mardi Gras\"."
tagline: "American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer (born 1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_James%2C_jazz_musician_(2004).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: "1939-12-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.43674666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 37300
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BobJamesJazz"
    handle:    "BobJamesJazz"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416310/"
    handle:    "nm0416310"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ryjbFyWBZho9KGXqKZdqQ"
    handle:    "6ryjbFyWBZho9KGXqKZdqQ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://bobjames.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQLBBUICmi9wByfY3XeJrig"
    handle:    "@bobjamesvevo"
    followers: 37300
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/48397"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "بوب جيمس (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "بوب جيمس (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B3_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "بوب جیمس (شارکی یازیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James_(musician)"
    title: "Bob James (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "باب جیمز (موسیقی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James_(muzikisto)"
    title: "Bob James (muzikisto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ボブ・ジェームス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91_%E1%83%AF%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%96%E1%83%98"
    title: "ბობ ჯეიმზი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%A5_%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_(%EC%9D%8C%EC%95%85%EA%B0%80)"
    title: "밥 제임스 (음악가)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_James"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "باب جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f4d2fc5a-cacb-47c8-b096-ee73864b1aa8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888012"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2514873"
    title: "Bob James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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