# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-schmitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:38:10.026Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-schmitt"
name: "Al Schmitt"
slug: "al-schmitt"
description: "Albert Harry Schmitt was an American recording engineer and record producer. He won twenty Grammy Awards for his work with Henry Mancini, Steely Dan, George Benson, Toto, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, and others. He also won 2 Latin Grammys, and a Trustees Grammy for Lifetime Achievement."
tagline: "American recording engineer and record producer (1930–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al_Schmitt_in_2015_at_James_DeFrances_release_party.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: "1930-04-17"
deathDate: "2021-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.12034266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1491056/"
    handle:    "nm1491056"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/227789"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "أل شميت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "ال شمیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schmitt"
    title: "Al Schmitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schmitt"
    title: "Al Schmitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schmitt"
    title: "Al Schmitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schmitt"
    title: "Al Schmitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Schmitt"
    title: "Al Schmitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB"
    title: "Шмитт, Эл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E6%96%BD%E7%B1%B3%E7%89%B9"
    title: "阿尔·施米特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c7230059-e1f0-420a-8710-4781ca060134"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4704778"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1882440"
    title: "Al Schmitt"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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