# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/allen-toussaint
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:26:30.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/allen-toussaint"
name: "Allen Toussaint"
slug: "allen-toussaint"
description: "Allen Richard Toussaint was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as \"one of popular music's great backroom figures.\" Many musicians recorded Toussaint's compositions. He was a producer for hundreds of recordings: the best known are \"Right Place, Wrong Time\", by longtime friend Dr. John, and \"Lady Marmalade\" by Labelle."
tagline: "American musician, songwriter and record producer (1938–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AllenToussaintFreretStFestival2009DSBNOLA_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-01-14"
deathDate: "2015-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump