# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-bailey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:18:56.715Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-bailey"
name: "Victor Bailey"
slug: "victor-bailey"
description: "Victor Bailey was an American bass guitar player. He was the bassist for Weather Report during their final years from 1982 to 1986, and launched a solo career in 1988. As a musician, Bailey was known for his signature scat-bass solos."
tagline: "American musician (1960–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victor_Bailey.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: "1960-03-27"
deathDate: "2016-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.061416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1400
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2870488/"
    handle:    "nm2870488"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.victorbailey.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeALadLeYm9EiidL9FIAKmw"
    handle:    "Victor Bailey - Topic"
    followers: 1400
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فكتور بيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فیکتور بیلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Victor Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bailey"
    title: "Victor Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bailey_(musician)"
    title: "Victor Bailey (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bailey"
    title: "Victor Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bailey"
    title: "Victor Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bailey"
    title: "Victor Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bailey"
    title: "Victor Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ヴィクター・ベイリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BB%D0%B8_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80)"
    title: "Виктор Бејли (музичар)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bailey"
    title: "Victor Bailey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bailey_(m%C3%BCzisyen)"
    title: "Victor Bailey (müzisyen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1384509"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Victor Bailey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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