# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sammy-figueroa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:13:56.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sammy-figueroa"
name: "Sammy Figueroa"
slug: "sammy-figueroa"
description: "Sammy Figueroa is an American percussionist of Puerto Rican descent. At 18, he joined the band of bassist Bobby Valentín and also co-led the Brazilian-Latin fusion group Raíces. He is known as an extremely prolific session player, having played on nearly 400 albums, including ten platinum records."
tagline: "American percussionist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1948-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.686250666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/SammyFigMusic"
    handle:    "SammyFigMusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sammy.figueroa1"
    handle:    "sammy.figueroa1"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sammyfigueroa.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/253339"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "سامي فيغيروا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "سامی فیقیروا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Figueroa"
    title: "Sammy Figueroa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Figueroa"
    title: "Sammy Figueroa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A2"
    title: "サミー・フィゲロア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Figueroa"
    title: "Sammy Figueroa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Figueroa"
    title: "Sammy Figueroa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3877d50c-7b67-4bc8-93be-f6fdb58fcf1f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7409748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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