# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-newman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:59:07.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-newman"
name: "Tony Newman"
slug: "tony-newman"
description: "Richard Anthony Newman is an English rock drummer. He was at various times a member of the bands Sounds Incorporated, May Blitz, Three Man Army, T. Rex, and Boxer. He has performed with Little Richard, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, George Harrison, Robert Palmer, Eric Clapton, Donovan, Mick Ronson, Gene Vincent, Crystal Gayle, The Everly Brothers and others. In 1965, Newman played with Sounds Incorporated as one of the acts opening for the Beatles at Shea Stadium in New York City."
tagline: "English rock drummer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-03-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.310766666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628295/"
    handle:    "nm0628295"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/256387"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "توني نيومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "تونی نیومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Newman_(drummer)"
    title: "Tony Newman (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Newman"
    title: "Tony Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Newman"
    title: "Tony Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Newman"
    title: "Tony Newman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/63f7d40f-e373-4c71-9d33-0711fa0e5a2a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6979140"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3526659"
    title: "Tony Newman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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