# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ted-mckenna
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:01:33.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ted-mckenna"
name: "Ted McKenna"
slug: "ted-mckenna"
description: "Edward McKenna was a Scottish drummer who played with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Rory Gallagher, The Greg Lake Band, and The Michael Schenker Group. He also toured with Ian Gillan for a short period of time in 1990, alongside fellow former SAHB member, bassist Chris Glen. He lectured in Applied Arts at North Glasgow College from 1996 to 2011."
tagline: "Scottish drummer (1950–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ted_McKenna%2C_2008_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-03-10"
deathDate: "2019-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/tedmckenna.co.uk"
    handle:    "tedmckenna.co.uk"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Ted McKenna"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_McKenna"
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    title: "Ted McKenna"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump