# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bobby-king
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:06:07.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bobby-king"
name: "Bobby King"
slug: "bobby-king"
description: "Bobby King is an American gospel-style, R&B and soul singer. He formed a singing duo with Terry Evans in the early 1970s. Since 1973, King has sung on most Ry Cooder albums. He was also the lead backing vocalist in Bruce Springsteen's Human Touch tour band of 1992–93. The duo also undertook recording sessions with Bob Dylan, John Fogerty, Harrison Kerle and Boz Scaggs."
tagline: "American gospel-style, R&B and soul singer"
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: "1944-07-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.18
  momentum:             0.2608695652173913
  historical:           6.817568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/362725"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "بوبي كينغ (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_King_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Bobby King (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_King"
    title: "Bobby King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_King_%26_Terry_Evans"
    title: "Bobby King & Terry Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_King"
    title: "Bobby King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_King"
    title: "Bobby King"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dd891d52-e0f1-4671-93d6-7be3ab19f3b9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2907968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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