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Big Bill Broonzy

1903 - 1958

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Big Bill Broonzy (born Lee Conley Bradley; June 26, 1893 or 1903 – August 14, 1958) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s, when he played country music to mostly African-American audiences. In the 1930s and 1940s, he navigated a change in style to a more urban blues sound popular with working-class black audiences. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Big Bill Broonzy has received more than 684,906 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Big Bill Broonzy is the 1,152nd most popular musician (down from 989th in 2019), the 5,654th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,863rd in 2019) and the 404th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Big Bill Broonzy ranks 1,152 out of 3,175. Before him are Tamás Vásáry, Lūcija Garūta, Floyd Westerman, Joey Kramer, Shura Cherkassky, and Country Joe McDonald. After him are Andrew Loog Oldham, Desmond Child, Ray Barretto, Afrojack, Jimmie Nicol, and Abraham Laboriel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Big Bill Broonzy ranks 217. Before him are Pierre Veyron, Rudolf Wolters, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Camilla Horn, Peppino De Filippo, and Khalid al-Azm. After him are Carlos Prío Socarrás, Gioacchino Colombo, Jeanette MacDonald, Georges de Rham, Gerhard Schrader, and Jean Cavaillès. Among people deceased in 1958, Big Bill Broonzy ranks 118. Before him are Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, J. G. Strijdom, Erwin Bauer, Richard Goldschmidt, Henryk Arctowski, and Jesse L. Lasky. After him are Willie Applegarth, Bhagwan Das, Feodor Gladkov, Lydia Lipkowska, Karl Lashley, and Henock Abrahamsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Big Bill Broonzy ranks 5,654 out of 20,380. Before him are Country Joe McDonald (1942), James Blish (1921), Axeman of New Orleans (null), J. William Fulbright (1905), Milton Berle (1908), and Rube Goldberg (1883). After him are Joe Lando (1961), M. C. Gainey (1948), Phil McGraw (1950), John Wesley Powell (1834), Desmond Child (1953), and Mark Pellegrino (1965).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Big Bill Broonzy ranks 404. Before him are Bruce Kulick (1953), Paul Butterfield (1942), Scott LaFaro (1936), Floyd Westerman (1936), Joey Kramer (1950), and Country Joe McDonald (1942). After him are Desmond Child (1953), Ray Barretto (1929), Frankie Laine (1913), Tony Joe White (1943), Mike Stern (1953), and Jorma Kaukonen (1940).

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