# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/magic-dick
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:56:06.746Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/magic-dick"
name: "Magic Dick"
slug: "magic-dick"
description: "Richard Salwitz, known as Magic Dick, is an American musician, noted for playing the harmonica for the J. Geils Band. In addition to the harmonica, Salwitz plays the trumpet and saxophone."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MagicDPerforming.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: "1945-05-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.908036
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/magicdickofficial"
    handle:    "magicdickofficial"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.magicdick.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/451276"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ماجيك ديك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Dick"
    title: "Magic Dick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Dick"
    title: "Magic Dick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Dick"
    title: "Magic Dick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Dick"
    title: "Magic Dick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Мэджик Дик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/30aa5ab8-ed77-412b-bb62-bbf8a290f0bb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1661792"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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