# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnnie-ray
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:12:48.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnnie-ray"
name: "Johnnie Ray"
slug: "johnnie-ray"
description: "John Alvin Ray was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Tony Bennett called Ray the \"father of rock and roll\", and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre."
tagline: "American singer and pianist (1927–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnnie_Ray_Allan_Warren.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: "1927-01-10"
deathDate: "1990-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.37274933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712877/"
    handle:    "nm0712877"
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    title: "Johnnie Ray"
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    title: "Johnnie Ray"
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    title: "Johnnie Ray"
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    title: "Johnnie Ray"
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    title: "Рей, Джонни"
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    type:  "DATABASE"

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