# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-mccracken
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:59:03.242Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-mccracken"
name: "Hugh McCracken"
slug: "hugh-mccracken"
description: "Hugh Carmine McCracken was an American rock guitarist and session musician based in New York City, primarily known for his performance on guitar and also as a harmonica player. McCracken was additionally an arranger and record producer."
tagline: "American session musician (1942-2013)"
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: "1942-03-31"
deathDate: "2013-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.76
  momentum:             0.2663252240717029
  historical:           11.544324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566840/"
    handle:    "nm0566840"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/200765"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "هيو ماكراكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "هيو ماكراكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "هیو ماکراکین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McCracken"
    title: "Hugh McCracken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McCracken"
    title: "Hugh McCracken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McCracken"
    title: "Hugh McCracken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McCracken"
    title: "Hugh McCracken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ヒュー・マクラッケン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9C%B4_%EB%A7%A4%ED%81%AC%EB%9E%98%EC%BB%A8"
    title: "휴 매크래컨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McCracken"
    title: "Hugh McCracken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_McCracken"
    title: "Hugh McCracken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fd7ce65a-3eea-4bec-9b05-7c01d43b3b00"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2479173"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1110340"
    title: "Hugh McCracken"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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