# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-spalding
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:05:22.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-spalding"
name: "Phil Spalding"
slug: "phil-spalding"
description: "Philip Trevor Spalding was an English bass player. He was best known as a session musician and player of Fender Precision Bass guitars. He played and appeared with performing artists such as Mike Oldfield, Mick Jagger, Seal, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Elton John, Heaven 17 and Randy Crawford."
tagline: "English bass guitarist (1957–2023)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-11-19"
deathDate: "2023-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.971601333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9821263/"
    handle:    "nm9821263"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/114728"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "فيل سپالدينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spalding"
    title: "Phil Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spalding"
    title: "Phil Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spalding"
    title: "Phil Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spalding"
    title: "Phil Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spalding"
    title: "Phil Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spalding"
    title: "Phil Spalding"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/64e7a461-4315-43ef-881d-f9dcd8785ecd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7182431"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1401111"
    title: "Phil Spalding"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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