# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/randy-bachman
# Generated: 2026-09-01T06:38:58.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/randy-bachman"
name: "Randy Bachman"
slug: "randy-bachman"
description: "Randolph Charles Bachman is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the bands the Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. He was the writer and singer of several hit rock songs, including, \"Takin' Care of Business\", and \"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet\". Bachman also recorded as a solo artist and was part of a number of short-lived bands such as Brave Belt, Union and Ironhorse. He was a national radio personality on CBC Radio, hosting the weekly music show, Vinyl Tap. Bachman was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016."
tagline: "Canadian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Randy_Bachman_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.42
  momentum:             4.695848488649191
  historical:           16.79876933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/randysvinyltap"
    handle:    "randysvinyltap"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/randybachman/"
    handle:    "randybachman"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@randybachmanofficial"
    handle:    "randybachmanofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RandyBachmanOfficial"
    handle:    "RandyBachmanOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045485/"
    handle:    "nm0045485"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://randybachman.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "راندي باتشمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "راندی باچمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Бэкмен, Рэнди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Bachman"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Ренді Бахман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223642"
    title: "Randy Bachman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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