Rory Bourke

U.S.-American songwriter
Person human Q7366922
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Summary

Rory Bourke was born on July 14, 1942[1], in Cleveland[2]. He has worked as a songwriter[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[5]
  • Educated at: Mount St. Mary's University[6]
  • Sex or gender: male[7]
  • Genre: country music[8]
  • Family name: Bourke[9]
  • Given name: Rory[10], Michael[11]
  • Official website: http://www.rorybourke.com[12]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[13]
  • Birth name: Rory Michael Bourke[14]
  • Name in native language: Rory Bourke[15]
  • Copyright representative: Broadcast Music, Inc.[16]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[17]

  • Country: US[18]

  • Began / founded: 1942-07-14[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a3efbcf8-4adc-4024-8eee-1263d614a170[20]

Why It Matters

Rory Bourke is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

FAQs

Where was Rory Bourke born?

Rory Bourke was born in Cleveland[2].

What did Rory Bourke do for work?

Rory Bourke worked as a songwriter[3].

Where did Rory Bourke go to school?

Rory Bourke was educated at Mount St. Mary's University[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . oxfordreference.com. oxfordreference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · باسم · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 3
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'en', 'es']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Birth name: Rory Michael Bourke"
  2. 18w ago · Rhudson · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rory Bourke'}
    Bibsys id → 10001061
    Family name → Bourke
    Carnegie hall agent id → 1031011
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Carnegie hall agent id: 1031011, Add Carnegie Hall Agent ID or CH Work ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/183e5181f47|details]])"
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