# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lafayette-leake
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:32:45.234Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lafayette-leake"
name: "Lafayette Leake"
slug: "lafayette-leake"
description: "Lafayette Leake was an American blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer who played for Chess Records as a session musician, and as a member of the Big Three Trio, during the formative years of Chicago blues. He played piano on many of Chuck Berry's recordings."
tagline: "American musician (1919–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lafayette_Leake.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: "1919-06-01"
deathDate: "1990-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.8
  momentum:             0.4611650485436893
  historical:           8.548849333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2661943/"
    handle:    "nm2661943"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/367075"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "لافاييت ليك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Leake"
    title: "Lafayette Leake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Leake"
    title: "Lafayette Leake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Leake"
    title: "Lafayette Leake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Leake"
    title: "Lafayette Leake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Leake"
    title: "Lafayette Leake"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%82"
    title: "Лик, Лафайет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%94%D1%82%D1%82_%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BA"
    title: "Лафаєтт Лік"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7809a654-4396-4700-8d4a-0ff79f454be2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1800159"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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