# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-welch-q494745
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:38:55.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-welch-q494745"
name: "Bob Welch"
slug: "bob-welch-q494745"
description: "Robert Lawrence Welch Jr. was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974. He had a successful solo career in the late 1970s. His singles included \"Hot Love, Cold World\", \"Ebony Eyes\", \"Precious Love\", \"Hypnotized\", and his signature song, \"Sentimental Lady\"."
tagline: "American musician (1945–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Welch_at_the_Record_Plant_in_Sausilito_CA.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: "1945-08-31"
deathDate: "2012-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.01
  momentum:             8.891662506240639
  historical:           18.09515066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1821618/"
    handle:    "nm1821618"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0reZZVbAPxgX1Rqj6XbWj3"
    handle:    "0reZZVbAPxgX1Rqj6XbWj3"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bobwelch.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بوب ويلش (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوب ويلتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Welch (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch"
    title: "Bob Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch"
    title: "Bob Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch_(musician)"
    title: "Bob Welch (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch"
    title: "Bob Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch"
    title: "Bob Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch_(musicien)"
    title: "Bob Welch (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch"
    title: "Bob Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%81_(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "ボブ・ウェルチ (ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch"
    title: "Bob Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch"
    title: "Bob Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch"
    title: "Bob Welch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Bob Welch (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%87%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Уэлч, Боб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Welch"
    title: "Bob Welch"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3817348"
    title: "Bob Welch"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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