# John Robinson

> John Frederick Robinson, known professionally as JR, is an American drummer and session musician who has been called "one of the most recorded drummers in history". He is known for his work with producer Quincy Jones, including Michael Jackson's multi-platinum Off the Wall album and the charity single "We Are the World". JR's drum fill kicks off Jackson's chart topper "Rock with You", and his drum solo opens the Steve Winwood album Back in the High Life (1986) to begin the number 1 song "Higher Love".

*American drummer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-robinson-q1701591

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1954-12-29
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/johnjrrobinson (@johnjrrobinson)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732755/ (@nm0732755)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.johnjrrobinson.com/

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/310251)
- [جون روبنسون (عازف جاز)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2))
- [John Robinson (Schlagzeuger)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(Schlagzeuger))
- [John Robinson (drummer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(drummer))
- [John Robinson (baterista)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(baterista))
- [John Robinson (batteur)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(batteur))
- [ג'ון רובינסון (מתופף)](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F_(%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A3))
- [John Robinson (drummer)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(drummer))
- [John Robinson](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c7c672d-626d-4337-ac2c-9a06fbec476f)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701591)
- [John Robinson](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1399187)

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