# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-telson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:06:01.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-telson"
name: "Bob Telson"
slug: "bob-telson"
description: "Robert Eria Telson is an American composer, songwriter, and pianist best known for his work in musical theater and film, for which he has received Tony, Pulitzer, and Academy Award nominations."
tagline: "American composer, songwriter and pianist (born 1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Telson_singing_at_La_Trastienda.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: "1949-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.43
  momentum:             4.999999999999998
  historical:           8.350613333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0854551/"
    handle:    "nm0854551"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bobtelson.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/370784"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بوب تيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Telson"
    title: "Bob Telson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Telson"
    title: "Bob Telson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Telson"
    title: "Bob Telson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Telson"
    title: "Bob Telson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Telson"
    title: "Bob Telson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "باب ٹیلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/694c543e-1d4a-46f0-b57f-5f46b165d69e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4934165"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32636"
    title: "Bob Telson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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