# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-tee
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:45:08.031Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-tee"
name: "Willie Tee"
slug: "willie-tee"
description: "Wilson Turbinton, professionally known as Willie Tee, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, singer, producer and notable early architect of New Orleans funk and soul, who helped shape the sound of New Orleans for more than four decades."
tagline: "American musician (1944-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WillieTeeMay51996.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: "1944-02-06"
deathDate: "2007-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.477826666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2675200/"
    handle:    "nm2675200"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://willietee1.tripod.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/344723"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "ويلى تى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Tee"
    title: "Willie Tee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Tee"
    title: "Willie Tee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウィリー・ティー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Tee"
    title: "Willie Tee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Tee"
    title: "Willie Tee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2502e292-21ac-4893-926c-4603f32b8af4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8021852"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2568662"
    title: "Willie Tee"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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