# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-cosby
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:15:23.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-cosby"
name: "Henry Cosby"
slug: "henry-cosby"
description: "Henry R. Cosby was an American songwriter, arranger, record producer and musician who worked for Motown Records from its formative years. Along with Sylvia Moy, Cosby was a key collaborator with Stevie Wonder from 1963 to 1970. Cosby co-wrote and/or co-produced three No. 1 US hits: Stevie Wonder's \"Fingertips\" (1963), The Supremes' \"Love Child\" (1968), and The Miracles' \"The Tears of a Clown\" (1968)."
tagline: "American Motown songwriter and record producer (1928–2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Henry_Cosby_-_saxophonist.jpg"
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: "1928-05-12"
deathDate: "2002-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.27
  momentum:             0.7211120764552563
  historical:           8.577757333333333
  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/nm1691261/"
    handle:    "nm1691261"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/225092"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "هنري كوسبي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cosby"
    title: "Henry Cosby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cosby"
    title: "Henry Cosby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cosby"
    title: "Henry Cosby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cosby"
    title: "Henry Cosby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ヘンリー・コスビー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%A8%EB%A6%AC_%EC%BD%94%EC%8A%A4%EB%B9%84"
    title: "헨리 코스비"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/63e1cd3d-d447-4792-bf33-1f52c7790125"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3784919"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51962"
    title: "Bill Cosby"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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