# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-upchurch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:03:45.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-upchurch"
name: "Phil Upchurch"
slug: "phil-upchurch"
description: "Philip Rodney Upchurch was an American guitarist and bass guitarist who performed and recorded in musical styles including soul music, R&B, jazz and blues."
tagline: "American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philnamm2012.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: "1941-07-19"
deathDate: "2025-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.37
  momentum:             0.5361416945907133
  historical:           9.945902666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/11LAePIczpCSQBSEXw22qK"
    handle:    "11LAePIczpCSQBSEXw22qK"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.philupchurch.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "فيل وپتشورتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Upchurch"
    title: "Phil Upchurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Upchurch"
    title: "Phil Upchurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Upchurch"
    title: "Phil Upchurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Upchurch"
    title: "Phil Upchurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Upchurch"
    title: "Phil Upchurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81"
    title: "フィル・アップチャーチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Upchurch"
    title: "Phil Upchurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Upchurch"
    title: "Phil Upchurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Upchurch"
    title: "Phil Upchurch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d13a070d-32e3-4abd-8ed8-fefc88c30485"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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