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MUSICIAN

Big Walter Horton

1921 - 1981

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Walter Horton (April 6, 1921 – December 8, 1981), known as Big Walter (Horton) or Walter "Shakey" Horton, was an American blues harmonica player. A quiet, unassuming, shy man, he is remembered as one of the premier harmonica players in the history of blues. Willie Dixon once called Horton 'the best harmonica player I ever heard'.Robert Palmer named him as 'one of the three great harmonica soloists of modern blues with the two others being cited as Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson II. Also known as 'Mumbles', 'Shakey', along with 'Tangle Eye' and 'Shakey Head' (because of his head motion whilst playing the harmonica, along with his suffering from nystagmus). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Big Walter Horton has received more than 144,760 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Big Walter Horton is the 1,641st most popular musician (down from 1,495th in 2019), the 8,232nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,466th in 2019) and the 651st most popular American Musician.

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  • 18

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  • 3.54

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Big Walter Horton ranks 1,641 out of 2,662Before him are Yoko Shimomura, Kim Kashkashian, Michael McDonald, Holly Johnson, David Cross, and John Patitucci. After him are Buddy Miles, Glenn Cornick, Jimmy Dorsey, Mick Abrahams, Dominic Miller, and Eddie Kramer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Big Walter Horton ranks 348Before him are Cyrille Adoula, Petter Hugsted, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Mohammad Mohammadullah, Michel Bonnevie, and Jesse Helms. After him are Farley Mowat, Peggy Rea, Joe Sutter, Vera-Ellen, Ernest Gold, and R. K. Laxman. Among people deceased in 1981, Big Walter Horton ranks 206Before him are Carleton S. Coon, Wilfried Puis, Henry Eyring, Gustaf Dyrssen, Paddy Chayefsky, and Harry Warren. After him are Humberto Tomasina, Vera-Ellen, Jakob Bender, Oumarou Ganda, David Garnett, and Alberto Zozaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Big Walter Horton ranks 8,232 out of 18,182Before him are Jonathan Brandis (1976), King Kong Bundy (1955), Harvey Korman (1927), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), Laura San Giacomo (1962), and Mr. Lawrence (1969). After him are Red Skelton (1913), Joe Hill (1972), Buddy Miles (1947), Savannah (1970), Mary Ellen Mark (1940), and John Debney (1956).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Big Walter Horton ranks 651Before him are Jimmy Garrison (1934), Warren Zevon (1947), Jimmie Vaughan (1951), Kim Kashkashian (1952), Michael McDonald (1952), and John Patitucci (1959). After him are Buddy Miles (1947), Jimmy Dorsey (1904), Laura Nyro (1947), Sid Wilson (1977), Jack White (1975), and Alison Sudol (1984).