# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carlton-barrett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:48:54.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carlton-barrett"
name: "Carlton Barrett"
slug: "carlton-barrett"
description: "Carlton Barrett was a Jamaican musician best known for being the long-time drummer for Bob Marley & the Wailers. Recognized for his innovative style, which featured a highly syncopated, broken triplet pattern on the hi-hat, and for his dazzling drum introductions, Barrett's prolific recordings with Bob Marley have been internationally celebrated. He is credited with popularising the one drop rhythm."
tagline: "Jamaican reggae drummer and percussion player (1950-1987)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-12-17"
deathDate: "1987-04-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.57851866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0057083/"
    handle:    "nm0057083"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "کارلتون باریت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carlton Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Barrett"
    title: "Carlton Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Barrett"
    title: "Carlton Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Barrett"
    title: "Carlton Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlton_Barrett"
    title: "Carlton Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "カールトン・バレット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carlton Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carlton Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carlton Barrett"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump