# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dal-richards
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:07:21.559Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dal-richards"
name: "Dal Richards"
slug: "dal-richards"
description: "Dallas Murray Richards, CM, OBC was a Canadian big band leader."
tagline: "Canadian musician (1918-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dal_Richards_(March_2009).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1918-01-05"
deathDate: "2015-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.15
  momentum:             15.58823529411765
  historical:           6.605724
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6960125/"
    handle:    "nm6960125"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2396845"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "دال ريتشاردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "دال ريتشاردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B2"
    title: "دال ریچاردز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dal_Richards"
    title: "Dal Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dal_Richards"
    title: "Dal Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dal_Richards"
    title: "Dal Richards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3eb0de0c-2b42-4c62-a2b8-664b1307e413"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5210132"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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