# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boozoo-chavis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:42:20.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boozoo-chavis"
name: "Boozoo Chavis"
slug: "boozoo-chavis"
description: "Wilson Anthony \"Boozoo\" Chavis was an American accordion player, singer, songwriter and bandleader. He was one of the pioneers of zydeco, the fusion of Louisiana Creole and blues music developed in southwest Louisiana."
tagline: "American musician (1930-2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boozoochavis.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: "1930-10-23"
deathDate: "2001-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.1
  momentum:             15
  historical:           11.817964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154633/"
    handle:    "nm0154633"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.boozoo.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بوزو تشافيز"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "بوزو تشافيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boozoo_Chavis"
    title: "Boozoo Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boozoo_Chavis"
    title: "Boozoo Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boozoo_Chavis"
    title: "Boozoo Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boozoo_Chavis"
    title: "Boozoo Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boozoo_Chavis"
    title: "Boozoo Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Boozoo Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boozoo_Chavis"
    title: "Boozoo Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бузу Чавис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f10aa2b0-47c8-44a0-83a5-a93d61ef5c63"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q893231"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Boozoo Chavis"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump