# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-ripley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:52:40.844Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-ripley"
name: "Steve Ripley"
slug: "steve-ripley"
description: "Paul Steven Ripley was an American recording artist, record producer, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist, and inventor. He was also the leader/producer of country rock band The Tractors."
tagline: "American recording artist, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist, and inventor (1950–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SteveRipley_OHC_Commerce.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: "1950-01-01"
deathDate: "2019-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.03
  momentum:             1.1003861003861
  historical:           8.354033333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4431782/"
    handle:    "nm4431782"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.thetractors.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/808919"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "ستيف ريبلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ستيف ريبلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ripley"
    title: "Steve Ripley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ripley"
    title: "Steve Ripley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ripley"
    title: "Steve Ripley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ripley"
    title: "Steve Ripley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ripley"
    title: "Steve Ripley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ripley"
    title: "Steve Ripley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8c17f52a-a842-4b09-a170-048702434c19"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411849"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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