# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/keith-knudsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:29:43.913Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/keith-knudsen"
name: "Keith Knudsen"
slug: "keith-knudsen"
description: "Keith A. Knudsen was an American rock drummer, vocalist, and songwriter. Knudsen was best known as a drummer and vocalist for The Doobie Brothers. In addition, he founded the band Southern Pacific with fellow Doobie Brother John McFee. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Doobie Brothers in 2020."
tagline: "American rock musician (1948–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Doobie_Brothers_1974.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: "1948-02-18"
deathDate: "2005-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.37
  momentum:             0.7230392156862746
  historical:           8.627833333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1851443/"
    handle:    "nm1851443"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ITlNU7ULhpbJ8HZJ6KNcN"
    handle:    "7ITlNU7ULhpbJ8HZJ6KNcN"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيث كنودسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Knudsen"
    title: "Keith Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Knudsen"
    title: "Keith Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Knudsen"
    title: "Keith Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Knudsen"
    title: "Keith Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Knudsen"
    title: "Keith Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Knudsen"
    title: "Keith Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dd7870fa-1250-4499-94c1-b4ace6238236"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2389644"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1187614"
    title: "Keith Knudsen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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