# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-james-simpson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:46:50.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-james-simpson"
name: "Richard James Simpson"
slug: "richard-james-simpson"
description: "Richard James Simpson, formerly known as Richard James, is an American singer and guitarist. He is a son of Renate Hoy, an actress born in Germany, and attorney Raymond C. Simpson. He grew up in the South Bay region of California and had an older brother Charles \"Rock\" Halsey who was a member of Rock Bottom & the Spys."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_James_Simpson_(2).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: "1967-03-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.4
  momentum:             8.030410183875532
  historical:           5.071274666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RichardJamesSimpsonBand"
    handle:    "RichardJamesSimpsonBand"
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_James_Simpson"
    title: "Richard James Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد جيمس سيمبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد جيمس سيمبسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1780188"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_James_Simpson"
    title: "Richard James Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_James_Simpson"
    title: "Richard James Simpson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47015727"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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