# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-mckinley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:22:51.606Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-mckinley"
name: "Ray McKinley"
slug: "ray-mckinley"
description: "Ray McKinley was an American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader. He played drums and later led the Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra in Europe. He also led the new Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956."
tagline: "American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader (1910-1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_McKinley%2C_Hotel_Commodore%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_ca._Apr._1946_(William_P._Gottlieb_05801).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: "1910-06-18"
deathDate: "1995-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.99
  momentum:             15.21526418786693
  historical:           11.218792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571830/"
    handle:    "nm0571830"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/254891"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "راي مكينلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "راى مكينلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McKinley"
    title: "Ray McKinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McKinley"
    title: "Ray McKinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McKinley"
    title: "Ray McKinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McKinley"
    title: "Ray McKinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McKinley"
    title: "Ray McKinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McKinley"
    title: "Ray McKinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McKinley"
    title: "Ray McKinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_McKinley"
    title: "Ray McKinley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%92_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%84%DB%92"
    title: "رے میک کنلے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/97fd8038-59aa-4724-a41d-abd78da55d0b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355592"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238718"
    title: "Ray McKinley"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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