# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-henderson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:51:14.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-henderson"
name: "Michael Henderson"
slug: "michael-henderson"
description: "Michael Earl Henderson was an American bass guitarist and vocalist. He was known for his work with Miles Davis in the early 1970s on early fusion albums such as Jack Johnson, Live-Evil, and Agharta, along with a series of his own R&B/soul hits and others featuring him on vocals, particularly the Norman Connors-produced hit \"You Are My Starship\" in 1976 and other songs in the mid to late-1970s."
tagline: "American musician (1951–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael-Henderson.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: "1951-07-07"
deathDate: "2022-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.83
  momentum:             3.569023569023569
  historical:           13.27841333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MICHAELHENDERSONINFO"
    handle:    "MICHAELHENDERSONINFO"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3015083/"
    handle:    "nm3015083"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KzAnKswHOUCX8xiEudD7K"
    handle:    "6KzAnKswHOUCX8xiEudD7K"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مايكل هندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ميخائيل هندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مایکل هندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Henderson"
    title: "Michael Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Henderson"
    title: "Michael Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکل هندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Henderson"
    title: "Michael Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Henderson_(musicista)"
    title: "Michael Henderson (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マイケル・ヘンダーソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Henderson"
    title: "Michael Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Henderson"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Henderson"
    title: "Michael Henderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7b3428b3-75a8-4ec7-ac20-b99c619647ce"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364387"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Michael Henderson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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