# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-parker-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:37:35.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-parker-jr"
name: "Ray Parker Jr."
slug: "ray-parker-jr"
description: "Ray Erskine Parker Jr. is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song for the 1984 film Ghostbusters and also sounds from the animated series The Real Ghostbusters. Previously, Parker achieved a US top-5 hit in 1982 with \"The Other Woman\". He also performed with his band, Raydio, and with Barry White in the Love Unlimited Orchestra."
tagline: "American musician (born 1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RayParkerJrHWOFMar2013.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: "1954-05-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.12484933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1270
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    handle:    "rayparkerjr"
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    handle:    "@rayparkerjr"
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    title: "Ray Parker jr."
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    title: "Ray Parker, Jr."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump