# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-porcaro
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:59:45.881Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-porcaro"
name: "Joe Porcaro"
slug: "joe-porcaro"
description: "Joseph Thomas Porcaro was an American jazz drummer."
tagline: "American drummer (1930–2020)"
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: "1930-04-29"
deathDate: "2020-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.23489466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1826684/"
    handle:    "nm1826684"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.josephporcaro.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/390504"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Porcaro"
    title: "Joe Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Porcaro"
    title: "Joe Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Porcaro"
    title: "Joe Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Porcaro"
    title: "Joe Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Porcaro"
    title: "Joe Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Porcaro"
    title: "Joe Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Porcaro"
    title: "Joe Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Porcaro"
    title: "Joe Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Porcaro"
    title: "Joe Porcaro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5dae98b8-f73d-4b7e-ab61-383a783f7641"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5188950"
    title: "Joe Porcaro"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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