# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-barbata
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:29:36.606Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-barbata"
name: "John Barbata"
slug: "john-barbata"
description: "John Barbata was an American drummer who was active especially in pop and rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a band member and as a session drummer. Barbata served as the drummer for The Turtles, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship. Barbata claimed to have played on over 60 albums in an uncredited capacity."
tagline: "American drummer (1945–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johny_Barbata.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: "1945-04-01"
deathDate: "2024-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.237841333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4963987/"
    handle:    "nm4963987"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnybarbata.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/552251"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "جان بارباتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barbata"
    title: "John Barbata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barbata"
    title: "John Barbata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barbata"
    title: "John Barbata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barbata"
    title: "John Barbata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barbata"
    title: "John Barbata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barbata"
    title: "John Barbata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8e707ad0-2768-4a21-903a-eaaabde68acd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180994"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2115465"
    title: "John Barbata"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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