# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gwen-mccrae
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:19:51.184Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gwen-mccrae"
name: "Gwen McCrae"
slug: "gwen-mccrae"
description: "Gwendolyn Patricia McCrae was an American singer. She is best known for her 1975 hit \"Rockin' Chair\", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot R&B chart and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. Known across Europe as the \"Queen of Rare Groove\", McCrae's gospel, soul, disco, and funk vocals have been heavily sampled in dance music, including songs by Cassius, Madlib, Lady Gaga, Avicii, and Mobb Deep. The New York Times has credited her early 1970s hits as paving the way for disco music. She performed regularly in Europe until 2012, when a stroke paralyzed the left side of her body."
tagline: "American soul musician and singer"
gender: "female"
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: "1943-12-21"
deathDate: "2025-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.07499333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2456541/"
    handle:    "nm2456541"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/742YR9ZgF0tCO5juBfvPAU"
    handle:    "742YR9ZgF0tCO5juBfvPAU"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gwenmccrae.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "جوين مكراى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_McCrae"
    title: "Gwen McCrae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_McCrae"
    title: "Gwen McCrae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "گوئن مک‌کری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_McCrae"
    title: "Gwen McCrae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99"
    title: "גוון מקריי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_McCrae"
    title: "Gwen McCrae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A8"
    title: "グウェン・マクレエ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_McCrae"
    title: "Gwen McCrae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_McCrae"
    title: "Gwen McCrae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_McCrae"
    title: "Gwen McCrae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bd518350-09ad-4ecc-934e-11168e84227c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519755"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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