# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/napoleon-murphy-brock
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:45:13.867Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/napoleon-murphy-brock"
name: "Napoleon Murphy Brock"
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description: "Napoleon Murphy Brock is an American singer, saxophonist and flute player who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s, including the albums Apostrophe ('), Roxy & Elsewhere, One Size Fits All, and Bongo Fury. He contributed notable vocal performances to the Zappa songs \"Village of the Sun,\" \"Cheepnis,\" and \"Florentine Pogen.\""
tagline: "American singer, saxophonist and flautist"
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category:
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birthDate: "1943-04-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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    url:       "http://www.napoleonmbrock.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump