# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-mcferrin
# Generated: 2026-08-20T18:11:26.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-mcferrin"
name: "Robert McFerrin"
slug: "robert-mcferrin"
description: "Robert Keith McFerrin Sr. was an American operatic baritone, notable for being the first African-American man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. His voice was described by critic Albert Goldberg in the Los Angeles Times as \"a baritone of beautiful quality, even in all registers, and with a top that partakes of something of a tenor's ringing brilliance.\""
tagline: "Opera singer (1921–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_McFerrin%2C_baritone%2C_half-length_portrait%2C_facing_front_LCCN2005696349.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: "1921-03-19"
deathDate: "2006-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.43
  momentum:             15
  historical:           3.734665333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563811/"
    handle:    "nm0563811"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McFerrin"
    title: "Robert McFerrin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McFerrin"
    title: "Robert McFerrin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5d0e3d88-024f-4a95-bc5f-54bfa1770e5d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1006720"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7347517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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