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Canray Fontenot

American musician (1922–1995)
Person human Q1033625

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
October 16, 1922
Date of death
July 29, 1995
Place of birth
Louisiana
Place of death
Welsh
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
musician, fiddler
Genre
Cajun music, rock and roll[9][10]
Family name
Fontenot[12]
Instrument
fiddle, voice[13][14]
Residence
Louisiana[11]
🔖 Identifiers · 22
ISNI
0000000037615317
VIAF cluster ID
17417364
Library of Congress authority ID
n86869047
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Canray Fontenot 1986.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000946810
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
139914308
Discogs artist ID
1003349
Europeana entity
agent/base/101231
FAST ID
188034
Find a Grave memorial ID
79526647
Freebase ID
/m/01v9sk1
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
23560
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MusicBrainz artist ID
48d5bbe4-992f-4fe9-a654-e6ab2390b527
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000075465
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007451807605171
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095826933
SBN author ID
PCMV004225
SNAC ARK ID
w6n58t0d
Spotify artist ID
1RA2maizaYdn2c4GDhIxWQ
WikiTree person ID
Fontenot-1586
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJk4CbVHpdTb68yJYgYwYP
Yale LUX ID
person/31f78e42-601e-4b68-a531-87d368aff229

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Summary

Canray Fontenot was born on October 16, 1922[1], in Louisiana[2]. He died on July 29, 1995[3], in Welsh[4]. He worked as a musician[5] and fiddler[6].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[15]

  • Country: US[16]

  • Began / founded: 1922-10-16[17]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1995-06-29[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 48d5bbe4-992f-4fe9-a654-e6ab2390b527[19]

FAQs

Where was Canray Fontenot born?

Canray Fontenot's place of birth was Louisiana[2].

Where did Canray Fontenot die?

Canray Fontenot died in Welsh[4].

What did Canray Fontenot do for work?

Canray Fontenot worked as a musician[5] and fiddler[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . louisianafolklife.org. louisianafolklife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . accordions.com. accordions.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . itunes.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . last.fm. Retrieved . allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 6d ago · Qyayoor · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → PCMV004225
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  3. 19d ago · JoeGermuska · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr']
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    Spotify artist ID → 1RA2maizaYdn2c4GDhIxWQ
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  4. 20w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    WorldCat Entities ID → E39PBJk4CbVHpdTb68yJYgYwYP
    Find a Grave memorial ID → 79526647
    AllMusic artist ID → mn0000946810
    Family name → Fontenot
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