# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dickie-peterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:19:47.684Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dickie-peterson"
name: "Dickie Peterson"
slug: "dickie-peterson"
description: "Richard Allan Peterson known as Dickie Peterson was an American musician, best known as the bassist, lead singer and only constant member of Blue Cheer. He also recorded two solo albums: Child of the Darkness and Tramp."
tagline: "American musician (1946-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DickiePetersonBlueCheer.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: "1946-09-12"
deathDate: "2009-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.94
  momentum:             0.2412451361867705
  historical:           8.180709333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2686350/"
    handle:    "nm2686350"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/824314"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ديكي بيترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Peterson"
    title: "Dickie Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Peterson"
    title: "Dickie Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Peterson"
    title: "Dickie Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Peterson"
    title: "Dickie Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Peterson"
    title: "Richard Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Peterson"
    title: "Dickie Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Peterson"
    title: "Dickie Peterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f7ab7d17-b7c0-44cc-9e39-c145cb880f2e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2471512"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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