# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-j-gleason
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:25:20.919Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-j-gleason"
name: "Ralph J. Gleason"
slug: "ralph-j-gleason"
description: "Ralph Joseph Gleason was an American music critic and columnist. He contributed for many years to the San Francisco Chronicle, was a founding editor of Rolling Stone magazine, and cofounder of the Monterey Jazz Festival. A pioneering jazz and rock critic, he helped the San Francisco Chronicle transition into the rock era."
tagline: "American music critic (1917–1975)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/Ralph_J_Gleason.jpg"
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: "1917-03-01"
deathDate: "1975-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.09
  momentum:             0.3275705186533213
  historical:           9.08172
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1029704/"
    handle:    "nm1029704"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "رالف جاي جليسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رالف جاى جليسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_J._Gleason"
    title: "Ralph J. Gleason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_J._Gleason"
    title: "Ralph J. Gleason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_J._Gleason"
    title: "Ralph J. Gleason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_J._Gleason"
    title: "Ralph J. Gleason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_J._Gleason"
    title: "Ralph J. Gleason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%AC%DB%92_%DA%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "رالف جے گلیسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ralph_Gleason"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254804"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1245815"
    title: "Ralph J. Gleason"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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