# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-michaels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:01:27.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-michaels"
name: "Lee Michaels"
slug: "lee-michaels"
description: "Lee Eugene Michaels is an American rock musician who sings and accompanies himself on organ, piano, or guitar. He is best known for his 1971 Top 10 US hit single, \"Do You Know What I Mean\". In 1988 he founded the Marina del Rey, California-based restaurant chain Killer Shrimp which he and his family continue to operate to this day."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lee_Michaels_1968.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: "1945-11-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.95372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1457144/"
    handle:    "nm1457144"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5c601227-87b5-4c65-ad99-84f0eb9008ca"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/49626"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "لي مايكلز (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "لى مايكلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Michaels"
    title: "Lee Michaels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Michaels"
    title: "Lee Michaels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Michaels"
    title: "Lee Michaels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6514547"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4880156"
    title: "Lee Michaels"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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