# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chuck-rainey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:39:29.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chuck-rainey"
name: "Chuck Rainey"
slug: "chuck-rainey"
description: "Charles Walter Rainey III is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones. Rainey is credited for playing bass on more than 1,000 albums, and is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of recorded music."
tagline: "American bass guitar session musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ronnie_Cuber_and_Chuck_Rainey.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: "1940-06-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.21
  momentum:             15.40257648953301
  historical:           9.609304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chuckrainey.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/252913"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Rainey"
    title: "Chuck Rainey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Rainey"
    title: "Chuck Rainey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Rainey"
    title: "Chuck Rainey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Rainey"
    title: "Chuck Rainey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Rainey"
    title: "Chuck Rainey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Rainey"
    title: "Chuck Rainey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC"
    title: "チャック・レイニー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Rainey"
    title: "Chuck Rainey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Rainey"
    title: "Chuck Rainey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/910504cf-866e-4ee6-90ca-d71da15c18ce"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971465"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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