Singer

Big Mama Thornton

American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter

1926 - 1984

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Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Big Mama Thornton is the 796th most popular singer (down from 651st in 2024), the 4,667th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,472nd in 2019) and the 243rd most popular American Singer.

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Among Singers

Among singers, Big Mama Thornton ranks 796 out of 4,381. Before her are Ingvar Wixell, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aram Tigran, Tommy Körberg, Martti Talvela, and Rodoljub Roki Vulović. After her are Sheila, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Cedella Booker, Daniel Lavoie, Roberto Alagna, and Ronnie Spector.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Big Mama Thornton ranks 219. Before her are Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro, Pat Flaherty, Johanna Quandt, Ursula Happe, Ladislav Adamec, and Frank Finlay. After her are Emmanuel Wamala, Yitzhak Arad, Cedella Booker, Mickey Hargitay, Joseíto, and Jon Vickers. Among people deceased in 1984, Big Mama Thornton ranks 120. Before her are Titus Burckhardt, Matías González, Tim, Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Richard E. Bellman, and Kenneth Arnold. After her are Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Walter Pidgeon, Ken Armstrong, Fazıl Küçük, Blagoje Marjanović, and Uwe Johnson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Big Mama Thornton ranks 4,667 out of NaN. Before her are Robert Morris (1931), Andrew M. Gleason (1921), Dennis Haysbert (1954), R-Truth (1972), Joe Spinell (1936), and Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810). After her are John Paine (1870), George Clement Perkins (1839), The Big Bopper (1930), John Singleton Copley (1738), William J. Seymour (1870), and Ida Saxton McKinley (1847).

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Among Singers In United States

Among singers born in United States, Big Mama Thornton ranks 243. Before her are Judy Collins (1939), B. J. Thomas (1942), AJ McLean (1978), Adrian Belew (1949), Minnie Riperton (1947), and Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950). After her are Ronnie Spector (1943), Faith Hill (1967), Melanie Thornton (1967), Mike Love (1941), Jennifer Warnes (1947), and Lesley Gore (1946).

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