# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-martin-murphey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:32:02.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-martin-murphey"
name: "Michael Martin Murphey"
slug: "michael-martin-murphey"
description: "Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter. He was one of the founding artists of progressive country. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959. He has recorded the hit singles \"Wildfire\", \"Carolina in the Pines\", \"What's Forever For\", \"A Long Line of Love\", \"What She Wants\", \"Don't Count the Rainy Days\", and \"Maybe This Time\". Murphey is also the author of New Mexico's state ballad, \"The Land of Enchantment\". He has become a prominent musical voice for the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Martin_Murphey_2012.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: "1945-03-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.2
  momentum:             1.003717472118959
  historical:           11.21460133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MichaelMartinMurphey"
    handle:    "MichaelMartinMurphey"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507844/"
    handle:    "nm0507844"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4jL1usPiGDK8TD46zJP4gu"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelmartinmurphey.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميتشايل مارتين مورفى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DA%B5_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C"
    title: "مایکڵ مارتن مێرفی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey"
    title: "Michael Martin Murphey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey"
    title: "Michael Martin Murphey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey"
    title: "Michael Martin Murphey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey"
    title: "Michael Martin Murphey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey"
    title: "Michael Martin Murphey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey"
    title: "Michael Martin Murphey"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey"
    title: "Michael Martin Murphey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey"
    title: "Michael Martin Murphey"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e3ebc79-2d17-45a2-9ac7-f5b03303b539"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1239850"
    title: "Michael Martin Murphey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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