# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-bass
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:57:48.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-bass"
name: "Ralph Bass"
slug: "ralph-bass"
description: "Ralph Basso Jr., known as Ralph Bass, was an American rhythm-and-blues record producer and talent scout for several independent labels. He was a pioneer in bringing African American music into the American mainstream. During his career he worked in key roles for Black & White Records, Savoy Records, King Records, Federal Records, and Chess Records, recording many leading performers, including Etta James, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Earl Bostic, and groups such as the Platters and the Dominoes. Bass was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 as a nonperformer."
tagline: "American R&B record producer (1911–1997)"
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: "1911-05-01"
deathDate: "1997-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.681786666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1522358/"
    handle:    "nm1522358"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/332586"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "رالف باس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "رالف باس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Bass"
    title: "Ralph Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Bass"
    title: "Ralph Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Bass"
    title: "Ralph Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Bass"
    title: "Ralph Bass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84"
    title: "Басс, Ральф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5d31e3d6-afc7-4a42-8b0b-1109f842ec98"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1499275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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