# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bobby-parker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:02:12.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bobby-parker"
name: "Bobby Parker"
slug: "bobby-parker"
description: "Robert Lee Parker was an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his 1961 song \"Watch Your Step\", a single for the V-Tone record label which reached the Billboard Hot 100; the song was performed by, and influenced, the Beatles among others."
tagline: "American blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bobby_Parker.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: "1937-08-31"
deathDate: "2013-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.550505333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bobbyparkerblues.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/680568"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "بوبي باركر (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "بوبى باركر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Parker"
    title: "Bobby Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Parker_(Musiker)"
    title: "Bobby Parker (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Parker_(guitarist)"
    title: "Bobby Parker (guitarist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Parker"
    title: "Bobby Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B8"
    title: "Паркер, Бобби"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Parker"
    title: "Bobby Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b1df7eb4-2074-4a60-9f3a-ad62365d5306"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q690766"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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