# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-joe-white
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:29:18.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-joe-white"
name: "Tony Joe White"
slug: "tony-joe-white"
description: "Tony Joe White, nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit \"Polk Salad Annie\" and for \"Rainy Night in Georgia\", which he wrote but which was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote \"Steamy Windows\" and \"Undercover Agent for the Blues\", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who was a friend of White. \"Polk Salad Annie\" was also recorded by Joe Dassin, Elvis Presley, Joe Bonamassa and Tom Jones."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Joe_White_with_guitar.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: "1943-07-23"
deathDate: "2018-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.27721066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/tonyjoewhite"
    handle:    "tonyjoewhite"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/tonyjoewhiteofficial/"
    handle:    "tonyjoewhiteofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/tonyjoewhiteofficial"
    handle:    "tonyjoewhiteofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925541/"
    handle:    "nm0925541"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6QvgWa4x3Ij4tvBpFMo11P"
    handle:    "Tony Joe White"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tonyjoewhite.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/249828"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "توني وايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "تونى وايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "تونی جو وایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "تونی جو وایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88"
    title: "トニー・ジョー・ホワイト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Joe_White"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/810af667-6a1f-40df-87a9-27f726cba4f3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983338"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242223"
    title: "Tony Joe White"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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