# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-paich
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:01:43.944Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-paich"
name: "David Paich"
slug: "david-paich"
description: "David Frank Paich is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist, and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the band's three most popular songs: \"Hold the Line\", \"Rosanna\", and \"Africa\". With Toto, Paich has contributed to 17 albums and sold over 40 million records. He and guitarist and singer Steve Lukather are the only members to appear on every studio album."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Paich_behind_his_keyboards.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: "1954-06-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.81
  momentum:             16.70620581304006
  historical:           20.29093866666667
  currentAttention:     9.16
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/paich99"
    handle:    "paich99"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656673/"
    handle:    "nm0656673"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "6zgKTqBOokh6IjLXOO5zfQ"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Paich"
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    title: "David Paich"
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    title: "David Paich"
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    title: "David Paich"
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    title: "David Paich"
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    title: "David Paich"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump