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Alan Wilson

1943 - 1970

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Alan Christie Wilson (July 4, 1943 – September 3, 1970), nicknamed "Blind Owl", was an American musician, best known as the co-founder, leader, co-lead singer, and primary composer of the blues band Canned Heat. He sang and played harmonica and guitar with the group live and on recordings. Wilson was the lead singer for the group's two biggest U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Wilson has received more than 33,970 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Wilson is the 638th most popular musician (down from 626th in 2019), the 3,310th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,239th in 2019) and the 198th most popular American Musician.

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  • 34k

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  • 53.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alan Wilson ranks 638 out of 2,662Before him are Napoleon Orda, Suzanne Vega, K. K. Downing, Max Roach, Benny Golson, and Felix Blumenfeld. After him are Louis Prima, Gaspara Stampa, Steve Gadd, Mordechai Gebirtig, McCoy Tyner, and Ruggiero Ricci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Alan Wilson ranks 214Before him are Georgi Asparuhov, Terry Eagleton, Tim Hunt, John Zerzan, Sylvester McCoy, and Tom Holland. After him are Michael Byrne, Carmen Argenziano, Nicolae Văcăroiu, Murtaz Khurtsilava, Alain Corneau, and Roberto Micheletti. Among people deceased in 1970, Alan Wilson ranks 111Before him are Folco Lulli, Agustín Lara, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Abraham Zapruder, and Reizo Fukuhara. After him are Marlen Haushofer, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Bjarni Benediktsson, Hugh Dowding, and Terry Sawchuk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Wilson ranks 3,310 out of 18,182Before him are Doris Hart (1925), Benny Golson (1929), Marian Anderson (1897), Crispin Glover (1964), Garret Hobart (1844), and E. C. Segar (1894). After him are Ken Jenkins (1940), Irene Dunne (1898), Jason Miller (1939), Holland Smith (1882), Craig T. Nelson (1944), and Dan Hedaya (1940).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Alan Wilson ranks 198Before him are Horace Silver (1928), Peter Cetera (1944), Ric Ocasek (1949), Suzanne Vega (1959), Max Roach (1924), and Benny Golson (1929). After him are Louis Prima (1910), Steve Gadd (1945), McCoy Tyner (1938), Ruggiero Ricci (1918), Ron Carter (1937), and Clarence Clemons (1942).