# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-strachwitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:46:20.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-strachwitz"
name: "Chris Strachwitz"
slug: "chris-strachwitz"
description: "Christian Alexander Maria Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz was a German-born American record label executive and record producer. He was the founder and president of Arhoolie Records, which he established in 1960 and which became one of the leading labels recording and issuing blues, Cajun, norteño, and other forms of roots music from the United States and elsewhere in the world. Strachwitz despised most commercial music as mouse music."
tagline: "German-Silesian-born American record label executive and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Strachwitz_2000.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: "1931-07-01"
deathDate: "2023-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.281534666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833074/"
    handle:    "nm0833074"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://chrisstrachwitz.blogspot.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/566781"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "كريس ستراشويتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Strachwitz"
    title: "Chris Strachwitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Strachwitz"
    title: "Chris Strachwitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Strachwitz"
    title: "Chris Strachwitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Strachwitz"
    title: "Chris Strachwitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A5"
    title: "כריס סטראכוויץ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/97869aec-e3e8-49c6-a71f-08ed7f4dd14b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q570953"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1291109"
    title: "Chris Strachwitz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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