# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-robinson-q1701591
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:20:14.551Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-robinson-q1701591"
name: "John Robinson"
slug: "john-robinson-q1701591"
description: "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\"."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Robinson_endorsed_DW_drums_in_2009.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: "1954-12-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.652144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/johnjrrobinson"
    handle:    "johnjrrobinson"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732755/"
    handle:    "nm0732755"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnjrrobinson.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/310251"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "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)"
    title: "جون روبنسون (عازف جاز)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(Schlagzeuger)"
    title: "John Robinson (Schlagzeuger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(drummer)"
    title: "John Robinson (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(baterista)"
    title: "John Robinson (baterista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(batteur)"
    title: "John Robinson (batteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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)"
    title: "ג'ון רובינסון (מתופף)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(drummer)"
    title: "John Robinson (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson"
    title: "John Robinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0c7c672d-626d-4337-ac2c-9a06fbec476f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701591"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1399187"
    title: "John Robinson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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