# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:53:30.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-benson"
name: "Ray Benson"
slug: "ray-benson"
description: "Ray Benson Seifert is an American musician, actor, and voice actor who is the frontman of the Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel."
tagline: "Country music musician from the United States (born 1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_Benson_15April2008.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: "1951-03-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.21
  momentum:             1.523447359818595
  historical:           7.610486666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072621/"
    handle:    "nm0072621"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.raybenson.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/570853"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "راى بينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Benson"
    title: "Ray Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Benson"
    title: "Ray Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Benson"
    title: "Ray Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Benson"
    title: "Ray Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Benson"
    title: "Ray Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e268ddf3-f9d0-47fc-8a62-5d9ee62b73ea"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7904384"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2888321"
    title: "Ray Benson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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