# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-ranglin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:11:36.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-ranglin"
name: "Ernest Ranglin"
slug: "ernest-ranglin"
description: "Ernest Adheir \"Ernie\" Ranglin is a Jamaican guitarist and composer who established his career while working as a session guitarist and music director for various Jamaican record labels, including Studio One and Island Records. Ranglin played guitar on many early ska recordings and helped create the rhythmic guitar style that defined the form. He has worked with Theophilus Beckford, Jimmy Cliff, Monty Alexander, Prince Buster, the Skatalites, Bob Marley and the Eric Deans Orchestra. Ranglin is noted for a chordal and rhythmic approach that blends jazz, mento and reggae with percussive guitar solos incorporating rhythm 'n' blues and jazz inflections."
tagline: "Jamaican guitarist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest_Ranglin_2005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Ernest Ranglin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump