# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/red-callender
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:20:17.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/red-callender"
name: "Red Callender"
slug: "red-callender"
description: "George Sylvester \"Red\" Callender was an American string bass and tuba player. He is perhaps best known as a jazz musician, but worked with an array of pop, rock and vocal acts as a member of The Wrecking Crew, a group of first-call session musicians in Los Angeles. Callender also co-wrote the 1959 top-10 hit \"Primrose Lane\"."
tagline: "American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew (1916-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red_Callender_(1981).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: "1916-03-06"
deathDate: "1992-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.92
  momentum:             22.5395822720326
  historical:           12.29190266666667
  currentAttention:     0.68
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130457/"
    handle:    "nm0130457"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريد كالندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريد كالندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "رید کالندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Callender"
    title: "Red Callender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Callender"
    title: "Red Callender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Callender"
    title: "Red Callender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Callender"
    title: "Red Callender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Callender"
    title: "Red Callender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Callender"
    title: "Red Callender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Callender"
    title: "Red Callender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Callender"
    title: "Red Callender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Callender"
    title: "Red Callender"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/60c34576-6819-4e75-9fa7-a734ef2ecd87"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1369875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1125701"
    title: "George 'Red' Callender"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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