# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-rivera
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:24:50.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-rivera"
name: "Mark Rivera"
slug: "mark-rivera"
description: "Mark Rivera is an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and musical director who is mostly known for his work with Billy Joel. In addition to playing soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone, Rivera's musical abilities include vocals, guitar, bass, flute, percussion, hammer and chromium steel pipe, and keyboards."
tagline: "American rock musician and music director (born 1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MarkRivera1.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: "1952"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.93
  momentum:             6.099662795054328
  historical:           8.288025333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1079969/"
    handle:    "nm1079969"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.markrivera.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/273629"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "مارك ريفيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "مارك ريفيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rivera"
    title: "Mark Rivera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rivera"
    title: "Mark Rivera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rivera"
    title: "Mark Rivera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rivera"
    title: "Mark Rivera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rivera"
    title: "Mark Rivera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/68868bf5-7b90-4367-ba5d-a26871b5c206"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900378"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1571293"
    title: "Mark Rivera"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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