# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richie-ray
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:42:33.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richie-ray"
name: "Richie Ray"
slug: "richie-ray"
description: "Richard \"Richie\" Maldonado Morales is a Nuyorican virtuoso pianist, singer, music arranger, composer and religious minister known for his success beginning in 1965 as part of the duo Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz. He is known as \"El Embajador del Piano\"."
tagline: "American musician"
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: "1945-02-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.58636133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712974/"
    handle:    "nm0712974"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/354708"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "ريتشي راي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "ريتشى راى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C_%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "ریچی ری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Ray"
    title: "Ricardo Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Ray"
    title: "Richie Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Ray"
    title: "Richie Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C_%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "ریچی ری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Ray"
    title: "Richie Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Ray"
    title: "Richie Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Ray"
    title: "Richie Ray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e2d2ce55-e798-45aa-9222-aa5915e26202"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321357"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1629366"
    title: "Richie Ray"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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