# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wah-wah-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:07:53.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wah-wah-watson"
name: "Wah-Wah Watson"
slug: "wah-wah-watson"
description: "Melvin M. Ragin, known professionally as Wah Wah Watson, was an American guitarist who was a member of the Funk Brothers, the studio band for Motown Records. He also worked extensively as a session musician in a variety of genres from jazz and pop to R&B."
tagline: "American guitarist"
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: "1951-12-08"
deathDate: "2018-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.98
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.613001333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1047144/"
    handle:    "nm1047144"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.wahwah.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/272819"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "واه واه واتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Wah_Watson"
    title: "Wah Wah Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Wah_Watson"
    title: "Wah Wah Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Wah_Watson"
    title: "Wah Wah Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Wah_Watson"
    title: "Wah Wah Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Wah_Watson"
    title: "Wah Wah Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Wah_Watson"
    title: "Wah Wah Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah-Wah_Watson"
    title: "Wah-Wah Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7c46ca01-007e-4cfd-88d6-af9b386db75e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360266"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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