# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/renaldo-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:47:09.963Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/renaldo-benson"
name: "Renaldo Benson"
slug: "renaldo-benson"
description: "Renaldo \"Obie\" Benson was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was best known as a founding member and the bass singer of Motown group the Four Tops, which he joined in 1953 and continued to perform with for over five decades, until April 8, 2005."
tagline: "American musician (1936–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Obie_Benson.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: "1936-06-14"
deathDate: "2005-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.577042666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1247768/"
    handle:    "nm1247768"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/270445"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "رينالدو بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "رینالدو بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaldo_Benson"
    title: "Renaldo Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaldo_Benson"
    title: "Renaldo Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaldo_%C2%ABObie%C2%BB_Benson"
    title: "Renaldo «Obie» Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaldo_Benson"
    title: "Renaldo Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%88%D9%88_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "رینالڈو بینسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6995c90c-d56a-47e4-ab42-02fe12731b64"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2143277"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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