# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cynthia-robinson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:51:13.023Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cynthia-robinson"
name: "Cynthia Robinson"
slug: "cynthia-robinson"
description: "Cynthia Robinson was an American musician, best known for being a founding member of Sly and the Family Stone, for which she was the trumpeter and a vocalist. Her voice and presence were featured in the hits \"Dance to the Music\" and \"I Want to Take You Higher.\" Questlove of the hip hop band the Roots has called Robinson the original \"hypeman.\""
tagline: "American musician (1944–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cynthia_Robinson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1944-01-12"
deathDate: "2015-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.72
  momentum:             3.038112522686026
  historical:           7.795978666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سينثيا روبنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سينثيا روبنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AB%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سینثیا روبنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Robinson"
    title: "Cynthia Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Robinson"
    title: "Cynthia Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Робинсон, Синтия"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Robinson"
    title: "Cynthia Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8ec8b980-db14-475f-99c0-9621d70904ee"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4975108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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