# Michael Viner

> Michael Ames Viner was an American film producer and record producer, who later shifted into book publishing and became an innovator in the audiobook field. A widely sampled percussion break in the recording of the song "Apache" by the Incredible Bongo Band, a group he assembled in the early 1970s, has been frequently integrated into many hip hop recordings.

*American record producer and book publisher*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/michael-viner

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1944-02-27
- **Died:** 2009-08-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.1 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898925/ (@nm0898925)

## Sources
- [Michael Viner](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1436141)
- [Michael Viner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Viner)
- [مايكل ڤينير](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/276428)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6835109)

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