# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dickie-rock
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:00:04.563Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dickie-rock"
name: "Dickie Rock"
slug: "dickie-rock"
description: "Richard Rock was an Irish singer. Chiefly associated with the era of showbands in Ireland, Rock came to prominence as a member of The Miami Showband in the 1960s, subsequently becoming a solo artist in 1973. He represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966. Rock continued to tour for several decades until his retirement in 2021."
tagline: "Irish singer (1936–2024)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-10-10"
deathDate: "2024-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.59
  momentum:             0.3660768761439902
  historical:           12.52783066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1488102/"
    handle:    "nm1488102"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lqsFXs93MiGGpZsETAWDC"
    handle:    "1lqsFXs93MiGGpZsETAWDC"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ديكي روك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ديكى روك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Rock"
    title: "Dickie Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Rock"
    title: "Dickie Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Rock"
    title: "Dickie Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Rock"
    title: "Dickie Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%94%94%ED%82%A4_%EB%A1%9D"
    title: "디키 록"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Rock"
    title: "Dickie Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Rock"
    title: "Dickie Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Rock"
    title: "Dickie Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Rock"
    title: "Dickie Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Rock"
    title: "Dickie Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Rock"
    title: "Dickie Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b8b0cf60-ef94-418f-90fa-678483033160"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1210036"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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