# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bryan-bassett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:11:01.174Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bryan-bassett"
name: "Bryan Bassett"
slug: "bryan-bassett"
description: "Bryan Bassett is an American guitarist who has played with several notable bands, but is best known as a member of Wild Cherry in the 1970s who had a hit with \"Play That Funky Music\"."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bryan_Bassett.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: "1954-08-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.011597333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/394211"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بريان باسيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بريان باسيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Bassett"
    title: "Bryan Bassett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Bassett"
    title: "Bryan Bassett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Bassett"
    title: "Bryan Bassett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5af953ad-46ad-4736-859c-0c9f49b10eef"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4979976"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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