# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:56:09.942Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-thomas"
name: "Ray Thomas"
slug: "ray-thomas"
description: "Raymond Thomas was an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was best known as a founding member of the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues. His flute solo on the band's 1967 hit single \"Nights in White Satin\" is regarded as one of progressive rock's defining moments. In 2018, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues."
tagline: "British musician, flautist, singer, songwriter (1941–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_Thomas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-12-29"
deathDate: "2018-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.13
  momentum:             0.1787709497206704
  historical:           15.62849733333333
  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/nm0859401/"
    handle:    "nm0859401"
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    handle:    "4CPCryKuTNNCSWoL8DEqNb"
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    url:       "http://www.moodyblues.co.uk"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رای توماس (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Thomas"
    title: "Ray Thomas"
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    title: "Ray Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Thomas"
    title: "Ray Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Thomas"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Томас, Рэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Ray Thomas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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