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Rockwell

American musician
Person human Q1299664

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
March 15, 1964, May 15, 1964, 1964[2][7][8]
Place of birth
Detroit
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
singer, songwriter, recording artist, musician
Father
Berry Gordy[9]
Sibling
Rhonda Ross Kendrick, Redfoo, Kerry Gordy
Genre
pop music[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Birth name
Kennedy William Gordy[21]
Copyright representative
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Different from
Rockwell[24]
Discography
Rockwell discography[14]
Family name
Gordy[15]
Given name
Kennedy, William[16][17]
Instrument
voice[19]
Name in native language
Kenneth Gordy, Kennedy Gordy[22][23]
P14750
7B65-0BFC-0287-7E88-B4F1
Pseudonym
Rockwell[18]
Record label
Motown[13]
Start of work period
1983
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 35
ISNI
0000000056556455
VIAF cluster ID
268441356
Library of Congress authority ID
n95001154
GND ID
134499743
AZLyrics.com artist ID
r/rockwell
Album of the Year artist ID
51646
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000291235
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13899093t
Billboard artist ID
rockwell
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134499743
Discogs artist ID
84666, 1876082
Europeana entity
agent/base/70422
Show all 35 identifiers +23
FAST ID
349906
Facebook username
kennedy.gordy
Freebase ID
/m/01m0jlc
Geni.com profile ID
3931043267950040764
Genius artist ID
Rockwell
Genius artist numeric ID
105686
IMDb ID
nm0734317
IPI name number
00125526295
IdRef ID
156624265
Jaxsta profile ID
440ef505-7464-4ec7-b98a-a7bbd7e6007a
KANTO ID
000193983
MusicBrainz artist ID
57ea7aef-42d6-4c16-a4a7-88b4ba8283a4, b7d224b3-a31c-4616-b69f-b6fcabd5cfbd
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
15899
NL CR AUT ID
xx0001879
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100425747
Prabook ID
2130460
Rate Your Music artist ID
rockwell
SNAC ARK ID
w6m658rj
SecondHandSongs artist ID
20492
Songkick artist ID
442584
Spotify artist ID
3E5lqme11foUMn2SoYpmzT
TMDB person ID
3752923
Yandex Music artist ID
22281

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
singer, songwriter, singer-songwriter, recording artist
Sibling 2
Redfoo, Rhonda Ross Kendrick
Siblings 2
Redfoo, Rhonda Ross Kendrick
Compositions 1
Somebody's Watching Me
Copyright representative 1
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Father 1
Berry Gordy
Genre 1
pop music
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Parent of 1
Berry Gordy
Place of birth 1
Detroit
Record label 1
Motown
Sex or gender 1
male
← Lyricist 1
Somebody's Watching Me
← Mb:parent 1
Berry Gordy
← Performer 1
Somebody's Watching Me
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Summary

Born in Detroit[1], he… he was born on March 15, 1964[2]. He worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], recording artist[5], and musician[6].

FAQs

Where was Rockwell born?

Born in Detroit[1].

Who were Rockwell's parents?

Rockwell's father was Berry Gordy[9].

What did Rockwell do for work?

Rockwell worked as singer[3], songwriter[4], recording artist[5], and musician[6].

Related Entities

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Berry Gordy Motown Redfoo United States

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  1. 10w ago · TapuriaBot · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 7B65-0BFC-0287-7E88-B4F1
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  2. 23w ago · ~2026-31333-29 · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → singer, songwriter, recording artist +1
    Wikidata description → American musician
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Occupation: singer-songwriter"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Citizenship → —
    Instance of → human
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