# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-lewis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:05:14.678Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-lewis"
name: "Al Lewis"
slug: "al-lewis"
description: "Al Lewis was an American lyricist, songwriter and music publisher. He is thought of mostly as a Tin Pan Alley era lyricist; however, he did write music on occasion as well. Professionally he was most active during the 1920s working into the 1950s. During this time, he most often collaborated with songwriters such as Al Sherman and Abner Silver. Among his most famous songs are \"Blueberry Hill\" and \"You Gotta Be a Football Hero\"."
tagline: "American lyricist, songwriter and music publisher (1901–1967)"
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: "1901-04-18"
deathDate: "1967-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.747769333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/638185"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "آل لويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Lewis_(lyricist)"
    title: "Al Lewis (lyricist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Lewis_(paroliere)"
    title: "Al Lewis (paroliere)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Lewis_(tekstopisac)"
    title: "Al Lewis (tekstopisac)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%85%DB%81_%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "ایل لیوس (نغمہ نگار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/05fdcf87-8d59-406e-a024-0107e96f3675"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4704297"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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