# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ric-marlow
# Generated: 2026-09-03T09:03:19.457Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ric-marlow"
name: "Ric Marlow"
slug: "ric-marlow"
description: "Eric \"Ric\" Marlow was an American songwriter and actor, best known for co-writing with Bobby Scott the song \"A Taste of Honey\" which won a Grammy in 1962. The song has been recorded by approximately 200 artists internationally, including The Beatles, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, and Johnny Mathis. He also had several acting roles, most notably on the television programs, Bonanza, Hawaii Five-O and Magnum, P.I."
tagline: "American songwriter and actor (1925-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ric_Marlow_in_the_70's.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: "1925-12-21"
deathDate: "2017-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             9.589041095890408
  historical:           7.768325333333333
  currentAttention:     53.27245053272451
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0549245/"
    handle:    "nm0549245"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2USO5WHQ7mvUMSvobbySWl"
    handle:    "2USO5WHQ7mvUMSvobbySWl"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ricmarlow.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/668695"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Marlow"
    title: "Ric Marlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ريك مارلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%86"
    title: "ڕیک مارلۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Marlow"
    title: "Ric Marlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Marlow"
    title: "Ric Marlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Marlow"
    title: "Ric Marlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Marlow"
    title: "Ric Marlow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ریک مارلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ada8702e-38a9-4ab1-a286-8846de76ddc9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7322474"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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