# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mccracken
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:19:49.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mccracken"
name: "James McCracken"
slug: "james-mccracken"
description: "James McCracken was an American operatic tenor. At the time of his death The New York Times stated that McCracken was \"the most successful dramatic tenor yet produced by the United States and a pillar of the Metropolitan Opera during the 1960s and 1970s.\""
tagline: "American opera singer (1926–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USIS_-_James_McCracken_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1926-12-16"
deathDate: "1988-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.619512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McCracken"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McCracken"
    title: "James McCracken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McCracken"
    title: "James McCracken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'יימס מקראקן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McCracken"
    title: "James McCracken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James McCracken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McCracken"
    title: "James McCracken"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/633ad663-c0cb-456d-bd44-0528d481da05"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q920109"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump