# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-carl-black
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:55:38.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-carl-black"
name: "Jimmy Carl Black"
slug: "jimmy-carl-black"
description: "James Inkanish, Jr., known professionally as Jimmy Carl Black, was an original member of the Mothers of Invention, providing drums and vocals. He is known for introducing the songs \"Are You Hung Up?\" and \"Concentration Moon\" from the Mothers' album We're Only in It for the Money (1968) saying \"Hi boys and girls, my name is Jimmy Carl Black and I'm the Indian of the group.\""
tagline: "American musician (1938–2008)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-02-01"
deathDate: "2008-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump