# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rockin-dopsie
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:38:14.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rockin-dopsie"
name: "Rockin' Dopsie"
slug: "rockin-dopsie"
description: "Alton Jay Rubin, who performed as Rockin' Dopsie, was an American zydeco singer and accordion player who had success first in Europe and later in the United States. He played accordion on \"That Was Your Mother\" on Paul Simon's album Graceland (1986)."
tagline: "American zydeco musician (1932–1993)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Srowned_Prince.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
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: "1932-02-10"
deathDate: "1993-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.52
  momentum:             2.39622641509434
  historical:           6.823652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2236574"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86'_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "روكين' دوپسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin'_Dopsie"
    title: "Rockin' Dopsie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin'_Dopsie"
    title: "Rockin' Dopsie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin'_Dopsie"
    title: "Rockin' Dopsie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin'_Dopsie"
    title: "Rockin' Dopsie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin'_Dopsie"
    title: "Rockin' Dopsie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/29cb0ecd-ea3b-447f-a6d8-31450ccbb217"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3437970"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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