# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buckwheat-zydeco
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:26:21.872Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buckwheat-zydeco"
name: "Buckwheat Zydeco"
slug: "buckwheat-zydeco"
description: "Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionist and zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success. His music group was formally billed as Buckwheat Zydeco and Ils Sont Partis Band, but they often performed as merely Buckwheat Zydeco."
tagline: "American accordionist (1947–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buckwheat_Zydeco.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: "1947-11-14"
deathDate: "2016-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.07
  momentum:             1.799007444168734
  historical:           11.20180533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/buckwheatzydeco"
    handle:    "buckwheatzydeco"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BuckwheatZydeco"
    handle:    "BuckwheatZydeco"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2710421/"
    handle:    "nm2710421"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/31ioFU3ADV6npBP7ykNvtF"
    handle:    "31ioFU3ADV6npBP7ykNvtF"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.buckwheatzydeco.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/294926"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "بوكوايات زيديكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckwheat_Zydeco"
    title: "Buckwheat Zydeco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckwheat_Zydeco"
    title: "Buckwheat Zydeco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Dural"
    title: "Stanley Dural"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckwheat_Zydeco"
    title: "Buckwheat Zydeco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckwheat_Zydeco"
    title: "Buckwheat Zydeco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B3"
    title: "バックウィート・ザディコ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckwheat_Zydeco"
    title: "Buckwheat Zydeco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckwheat_Zydeco"
    title: "Buckwheat Zydeco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Бакуит Зайдеко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckwheat_Zydeco"
    title: "Buckwheat Zydeco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ca2b920b-702a-4c4a-9e22-a07e052b4fd8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q999968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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