MUSICIAN

Billy Gibbons

1949 - Today

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William Frederick Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) is an American rock musician, best known as the guitarist and primary vocalist of ZZ Top. He began his career in Moving Sidewalks, who recorded Flash (1969) and opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's First Album in early 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Gibbons has received more than 6,825,321 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Billy Gibbons is the 397th most popular musician (down from 339th in 2019), the 2,204th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,923rd in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Billy Gibbons ranks 397 out of 3,175. Before him are Flea, Ian Anderson, Martin Gore, Buddy Rich, Lucio Battisti, and Dexter Gordon. After him are Ben Webster, Dennis Wilson, Glenn Frey, Ray Conniff, Albert King, and Joan Manuel Serrat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Billy Gibbons ranks 138. Before him are Ken Wilber, Tom Pryce, Manuel Orantes, Shing-Tung Yau, Michael Houghton, and Alexander Godunov. After him are Robert Sternberg, Patrick Duffy, Jeremy Corbyn, Georges Leekens, Mohammed Shahabuddin, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

Others Born in 1949

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Gibbons ranks 2,204 out of 20,380. Before him are Don S. Davis (1942), Linda Blair (1959), Richard Ramirez (1960), Linda Evans (1942), Richard Ford (1944), and Paul Marcinkus (1922). After him are Suzanne Collins (1962), Kim Hunter (1922), Alice Ball (1892), Raymond E. Feist (1945), Selena Gomez (1992), and William Le Baron Jenney (1832).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Billy Gibbons ranks 114. Before him are Wayne Shorter (1933), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Ornette Coleman (1930), Tony Levin (1946), Buddy Rich (1917), and Dexter Gordon (1923). After him are Ben Webster (1909), Dennis Wilson (1944), Glenn Frey (1948), Ray Conniff (1916), Albert King (1923), and Joe Perry (1950).

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