# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-murphy
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:52:46.347Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-murphy"
name: "Mark Murphy"
slug: "mark-murphy"
description: "Mark Howe Murphy was an American jazz singer based at various times in New York City, Los Angeles, London, and San Francisco. He recorded 51 albums under his own name during his lifetime and was principally known for his innovative vocal improvisations. He was the recipient of the 1996, 1997, 2000, and 2001 Down Beat magazine readers' jazz poll for Best Male Vocalist and was also nominated five times for the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Jazz Performance. He wrote lyrics to the jazz tunes \"Stolen Moments\" and \"Red Clay\"."
tagline: "American singer (1932-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_Murphy_(1975).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: "1932-03-14"
deathDate: "2015-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.67
  momentum:             0.5193514765489288
  historical:           17.18398533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614054/"
    handle:    "nm0614054"
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    title: "Mark Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mark Murphy"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mark Murphy"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump