# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-porcaro
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:01:12.803Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-porcaro"
name: "Jeff Porcaro"
slug: "jeff-porcaro"
description: "Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro was an American drummer and songwriter. He is best known for being the co-founder and drummer of the rock band Toto, but he is also one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions. While already an established studio player in the 1970s, he came to prominence in the US as the drummer on the Steely Dan album Katy Lied (1975)."
tagline: "American drummer (1954–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JEFF_PORCARO.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: "1954-04-01"
deathDate: "1992-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.69940666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691663/"
    handle:    "nm0691663"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%81_%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "جف پرکارو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジェフ・ポーカロ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "제프 포카로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Džefs Porkaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Поркаро, Джефф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джефф Поркаро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jeff_Porcaro"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1658d3b1-0c07-41cd-a358-7bbea34903b2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350353"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1624071"
    title: "Jeff Porcaro"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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