# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:29:13.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-williams"
name: "Larry Williams"
slug: "larry-williams"
description: "Lawrence Eugene Williams was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist from New Orleans. He is most notable for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including \"Bony Moronie\", \"Short Fat Fannie\", \"Slow Down\", \"Dizzy, Miss Lizzy\" (1958), \"Bad Boy\" and \"She Said Yeah\" (1959). John Lennon was an admirer, and the Beatles and several other British Invasion groups recorded several of his songs."
tagline: "American singer (1935–1980)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Larry_Williams.jpg"
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: "1935-05-10"
deathDate: "1980-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.34
  momentum:             0.205078125
  historical:           16.36506
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931116/"
    handle:    "nm0931116"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Williams_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Larry Williams (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Williams"
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    title: "ラリー・ウィリアムズ (歌手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "래리 윌리엄스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Williams"
    title: "Larry Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Williams"
    title: "Larry Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Уильямс, Ларри"
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    title: "Larry Williams"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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