MUSICIAN

Blind Blake

1893 - 1934

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Arthur Blake (1896 – December 1, 1934), known as Blind Blake, was an American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blind Blake has received more than 552,627 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Blind Blake is the 1,273rd most popular musician (up from 1,389th in 2019), the 6,286th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,904th in 2019) and the 450th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Blind Blake ranks 1,273 out of 3,175. Before him are Elly Ney, Paul Gray, Vinnie Paul, Markus Grosskopf, Emanuel Ax, and Terry Melcher. After him are Oliver Shanti, Herbie Mann, Nathan East, Horst Stein, Edoardo Bennato, and Stan Kenton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Blind Blake ranks 202. Before him are Georg Åberg, Marcel Minnaert, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Eduard Čech, Marguerite Broquedis, and Aleksei Losev. After him are Jimmy Durante, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Frans Blom, Chang Taek-sang, Gummo Marx, and Ina Claire. Among people deceased in 1934, Blind Blake ranks 118. Before him are Mikhail Matyushin, Jafar Jabbarly, Willem Kes, N. E. Brown, Jules Renkin, and Fritz Graebner. After him are Gustav de Vries, Zabel Sibil Asadour, Aristarkh Belopolsky, E. A. Wallis Budge, Nelly Diener, and Eduard Bagritsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Blind Blake ranks 6,286 out of 20,380. Before him are Terry Melcher (1942), Ted DiBiase (1954), Justin Chambers (1970), Nicholas Meyer (1945), Harry Beaumont (1888), and Alfred Francis Russell (1817). After him are David Doyle (1929), Leif Erickson (1911), Bert Roach (1891), Scott Eastwood (1986), Nolan Ryan (1947), and Eudora Welty (1909).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Blind Blake ranks 450. Before him are Jimmy Reed (1925), Gene Pitney (1940), Lee Ritenour (1952), Paul Gray (1972), Vinnie Paul (1964), and Terry Melcher (1942). After him are Herbie Mann (1930), Nathan East (1955), Stan Kenton (1911), Joshua Bell (1967), Bob James (1939), and Patti Scialfa (1953).

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