# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-connors
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:58:51.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-connors"
name: "Norman Connors"
slug: "norman-connors"
description: "Norman Connors is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and producer who has led a number of influential jazz and R&B groups. He also achieved several big R&B hits of the day, especially with love ballads. He is possibly best known for the 1976 hit, \"You Are My Starship\" on which lead vocals were sung by Michael Henderson."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norman_Conners_1997.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: "1947-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.805189333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/54bbmw5qZiMf23TTmm6ojR"
    handle:    "Norman Connors"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/30201"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "نورمان كونورز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "نورمان كونورز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Connors"
    title: "Norman Connors"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Connors"
    title: "Norman Connors"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Connors"
    title: "Norman Connors"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Connors"
    title: "Norman Connors"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Connors"
    title: "Norman Connors"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Connors"
    title: "Norman Connors"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ffc0b74d-10c3-4706-b793-e4d822021ab5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928360"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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