# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-blackwell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:34:51.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-blackwell"
name: "Robert Blackwell"
slug: "robert-blackwell"
description: "Robert Alexander \"Bumps\" Blackwell was an American bandleader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as mentoring Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Ernestine Anderson, Lloyd Price, Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Larry Williams, and Sly and the Family Stone at the start of their music careers."
tagline: "American music producer and songwriter (1918–1985)"
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: "1918-05-23"
deathDate: "1985-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.30169466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1039469/"
    handle:    "nm1039469"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/295203"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "روبرت بلاكويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "روبرت بلاکویل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumps_Blackwell"
    title: "Bumps Blackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blackwell"
    title: "Robert Blackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blackwell"
    title: "Robert Blackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blackwell"
    title: "Robert Blackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ロバート・ブラックウェル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%B2%84%ED%8A%B8_%EB%B8%94%EB%9E%99%EC%9B%B0"
    title: "로버트 블랙웰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blackwell"
    title: "Robert Blackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blackwell"
    title: "Robert Blackwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/44389e9f-8ae9-40ff-8645-d082a9109e72"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720301"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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