# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/terry-kath
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:40:21.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/terry-kath"
name: "Terry Kath"
slug: "terry-kath"
description: "Terry Alan Kath was an American guitarist and singer who is best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He played lead guitar and sang lead vocals on many of the band's early hit singles alongside Robert Lamm and Peter Cetera. He has been praised by his bandmates and other musicians for his guitar skills and his Ray Charles–influenced vocal style. Jimi Hendrix cited Kath as one of his favorite guitarists and considered him to be \"the best guitarist in the universe.\""
tagline: "American guitarist and singer (1946–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Terry_Kath_circa_1973.png?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: "1946-01-31"
deathDate: "1978-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.37
  momentum:             0.413737902932402
  historical:           20.30942133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441256/"
    handle:    "nm0441256"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.terrykath.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تيري كاث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تيرى كاث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "テリー・キャス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Кат, Терри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Terry_Kath"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2e4684b3-add3-4d00-9c2f-8792ef47cac1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q692632"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1735362"
    title: "Terry Kath"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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