# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-stanley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:01:54.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-stanley"
name: "Ralph Stanley"
slug: "ralph-stanley"
description: "Ralph Edmund Stanley was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. He began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of the Stanley Brothers, and most often as the leader of his band, the Clinch Mountain Boys. He was also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley."
tagline: "American singer and banjo player (1927–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Ralph_Stanley_in_2011.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: "1927-02-25"
deathDate: "2016-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.13738666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822577/"
    handle:    "nm0822577"
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    handle:    "4fMhmL6pvw61o0C1z8Bdib"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ralphstanley.net/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ralph Stanley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ralph Stanley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ralph Stanley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ralph Stanley"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ralph Stanley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Stanley"
    title: "Ralph Stanley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Stanley"
    title: "Ralph Stanley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Stanley"
    title: "Ralph Stanley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ralph Stanley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Стэнли, Ральф"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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