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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Big Walter Horton has received more than 158,135 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Big Walter Horton is the 1,775th most popular musician (down from 1,636th in 2019), the 8,977th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,214th in 2019) and the 673rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Big Walter Horton ranks 1,775 out of 3,175. Before him are Mauro Picotto, Gabry Ponte, Charlie Puth, Narada Michael Walden, Charles Lloyd, and Gary Holt. After him are Clarence White, Cal Tjader, Boris Brejcha, A. R. Rahman, Andraé Crouch, and Dave Edmunds.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Big Walter Horton ranks 385. Before him are Giuseppe Moro, Julia Hartwig, Yevgeni Babich, Kjell Rosén, Al Pease, and Walter Kaufmann. After him are Norman Joseph Woodland, Lennart Strand, Ron Greenwood, Geoffrey Crossley, Rodger Ward, and Walter Mirisch. Among people deceased in 1981, Big Walter Horton ranks 230. Before him are Ann Harding, Dan Coe, Bronisław Malinowski, Oumarou Ganda, Giuseppe Tosi, and Ella Hall. After him are Fredric Wertham, Nikolay Smaga, Börje Tapper, Howard Hanson, Malcolm MacDonald, and Henry Eyring.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Big Walter Horton ranks 8,977 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Lloyd (1938), Gary Holt (1964), Tammy Grimes (1934), Judith O'Dea (1945), Nicky Jam (1981), and Daniel Goldin (1940). After him are Osamu Hayaishi (1920), Anthony Wayne (1745), Bruce Abbott (1954), Robert Ripley (1890), Jon Tenney (1961), and Christopher Connelly (1941).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Big Walter Horton ranks 673. Before him are Max Weinberg (1951), Mike Dirnt (1972), Charlie Puth (1991), Narada Michael Walden (1952), Charles Lloyd (1938), and Gary Holt (1964). After him are Clarence White (1944), Cal Tjader (1925), Andraé Crouch (1942), Earl Wild (1915), Mel Tormé (1925), and Ray Evans (1915).

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