# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cheikh-raymond
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:53:09.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cheikh-raymond"
name: "Cheikh Raymond"
slug: "cheikh-raymond"
description: "Raymond Leyris better known as Cheikh Raymond, was a renowned Algerian Jewish musician. He specialized in Andalusian music of Eastern Algeria and was an expert virtuoso player of oud and singer with an exceptional vocal range and widely respected by both Jews and Muslims and given the title of Cheikh (elder) as Cheikh Raymond with the accompanying fame and respect."
tagline: "Algerian singer and oudist from Algeria"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Identite-CheikhRaymond-1953-Sacem.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1912-07-27"
deathDate: "1961-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.617321333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4682866"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "الشيخ ريمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "الشيخ رايموند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh_Raymond"
    title: "Cheikh Raymond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh_Raymond"
    title: "Cheikh Raymond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh_Raymond"
    title: "Cheikh Raymond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh_Raymond"
    title: "Cheikh Raymond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93_%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "רמונד לריס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh_Raymond"
    title: "Cheikh Raymond"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/912aa0c5-32ee-42b2-b3c3-5bca48b7e9de"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2743459"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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