# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andre-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:40:12.430Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andre-williams"
name: "Andre Williams"
slug: "andre-williams"
description: "Zephire Andre Williams was an American R&B musician who started his career in the 1950s at Fortune Records in Detroit. His most famous songs include the hits \"Jail Bait\", \"Greasy Chicken\", \"Bacon Fat\" (1957) and \"Cadillac Jack\" (1966). He was also the co-author of the R&B hit \"Shake a Tail Feather\"."
tagline: "American R&B and punk blues musician (1936–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andre_Williams_-_2010_Chicago_Blues_Festival.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: "1936-11-01"
deathDate: "2019-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.59
  momentum:             1.608312219085904
  historical:           7.501298666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/drewill44"
    handle:    "drewill44"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930017/"
    handle:    "nm0930017"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4mmEKUZZBwnzg4m6hizPyN"
    handle:    "4mmEKUZZBwnzg4m6hizPyN"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "أندريه وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "اندريه وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87_%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "اندریه ولیامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Williams_(musician)"
    title: "Andre Williams (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Williams"
    title: "Andre Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Williams"
    title: "Andre Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Williams"
    title: "Andre Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e56a7641-f03e-43b9-b91b-052e2321653b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2846286"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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