# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-berk
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:01:11.184Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-berk"
name: "Dick Berk"
slug: "dick-berk"
description: "Richard Alan Berk was an American jazz drummer and bandleader."
tagline: "American drummer (1939–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dick_Berk_2009.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: "1939-05-22"
deathDate: "2014-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.9
  momentum:             4.673913043478261
  historical:           8.138193333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075281/"
    handle:    "nm0075281"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/600406"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "ديك بيرك (عازف جاز من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Berk"
    title: "Dick Berk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Berk"
    title: "Dick Berk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Berk"
    title: "Dick Berk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Berk"
    title: "Dick Berk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Berk"
    title: "Dick Berk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Berk"
    title: "Dick Berk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Berk"
    title: "Dick Berk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/327f9b5e-ba4e-409a-b6b4-b4e26cff2e2c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209617"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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