# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-white
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:59:18.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-white"
name: "Ray White"
slug: "ray-white"
description: "Ray Shirley White Sr. is an American musician and singer, best known as a member of Frank Zappa's touring ensembles. He was drafted into Zappa's band in late 1976, being featured on rhythm guitar and vocals, forming a vocal harmony partnership with Ike Willis on later tours in 1980 and 1984. White's vocals can be heard on Zappa in New York and You Are What You Is as well as others. White can also be found on a The Torture Never Stops and Does Humor Belong in Music?; the former is a DVD from Zappa's 1981 tour and the latter filmed at the pier in New York in 1984; the video features White and Ike Willis' vocal harmonies. According to Zappa, White, who was deeply religious, was uncomfortable with the atheistic views of some of the other band members, which led to his departure."
tagline: "African American musician, guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_White.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: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.63
  momentum:             1.470588235294118
  historical:           9.701010666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RayWhiteMusic"
    handle:    "RayWhiteMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925354/"
    handle:    "nm0925354"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/290329"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "راي وايت (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "ری وایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_White"
    title: "Ray White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_White"
    title: "Ray White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_White"
    title: "Ray White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "ری وایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_White"
    title: "Ray White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_White"
    title: "Ray White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_White"
    title: "Ray White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b4570e55-a8f9-4950-a6fe-538b315771c0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737539"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2184757"
    title: "Ray White"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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