# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricky-fataar
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:52:09.434Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricky-fataar"
name: "Ricky Fataar"
slug: "ricky-fataar"
description: "Ricky Fataar is a South African musician of Malay descent who has performed as both a drummer and a guitarist. He gained fame as an actor in The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, a spoof on the Beatles, in which he performed as a member of the Rutles. He was also a member of the Beach Boys between 1971 and 1974, and has been the drummer for Bonnie Raitt for the last 35 years. Fataar is also a record producer, and has worked on projects scoring music to film and television."
tagline: "South African musician (b. 1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ricky_Fataar_2008.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-09-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.67
  momentum:             5.349877347459957
  historical:           9.972846666666667
  currentAttention:     19.59736326385176
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rickyfataar"
    handle:    "rickyfataar"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268813/"
    handle:    "nm0268813"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5mqSppSWuIzVt1pXYtMtYb"
    handle:    "5mqSppSWuIzVt1pXYtMtYb"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/219999"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ريكى فاتار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Fataar"
    title: "Ricky Fataar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Fataar"
    title: "Ricky Fataar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Fataar"
    title: "Ricky Fataar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Fataar"
    title: "Ricky Fataar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Fataar"
    title: "Ricky Fataar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Fataar"
    title: "Ricky Fataar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Fataar"
    title: "Ricky Fataar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Fataar"
    title: "Ricky Fataar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1e9177d5-7804-4b2d-b270-9127a2c47259"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351768"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80484"
    title: "Ricky Fataar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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