# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-vito
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:34:16.492Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-vito"
name: "Rick Vito"
slug: "rick-vito"
description: "Richard Francis Vito is an American guitarist and singer. He was a member of Fleetwood Mac between 1987 and 1991, taking over as lead guitarist after Lindsey Buckingham left the group. He is best known for his blues and slide guitar style, whose influences include Elmore James, Robert Nighthawk, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Alvino Rey, Les Paul, Django Reinhart, and Keith Richards."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MickFltwoodPall250220-29.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: "1949-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.79
  momentum:             0.7960199004975125
  historical:           8.258325333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RickVito1"
    handle:    "RickVito1"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0900052/"
    handle:    "nm0900052"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rickvito.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/397847"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ريك فيتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ريك فيتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ریک فیتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Vito"
    title: "Rick Vito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Vito"
    title: "Rick Vito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riks_Vito"
    title: "Riks Vito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Vito"
    title: "Rick Vito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Vito"
    title: "Rick Vito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b17dafcb-d0cf-49b2-9fc8-42ed33bba355"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1409336"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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