# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-deville
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:23:37.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-deville"
name: "Willy DeVille"
slug: "willy-deville"
description: "Willy DeVille was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille created songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr. John, Mark Knopfler, Allen Toussaint, and Eddie Bo. Latin rhythms, blues riffs, doo-wop, Cajun music, strains of French cabaret, and echoes of early-1960s uptown soul can be heard in DeVille's work."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter (1950–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2008-02-26_Willy_DeVille_IMG_8267.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: "1950-08-25"
deathDate: "2009-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.90049733333333
  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/nm0212151/"
    handle:    "nm0212151"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump