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Blind Lemon Jefferson

1893 - 1929

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Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson (September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929) was an American blues and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the "Father of the Texas Blues". Due mainly to his high-pitched voice and the originality of his guitar playing, Jefferson's performances were distinctive. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blind Lemon Jefferson has received more than 835,277 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Blind Lemon Jefferson is the 798th most popular singer (down from 763rd in 2019), the 4,489th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,281st in 2019) and the 226th most popular American Singer.

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  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Blind Lemon Jefferson ranks 798 out of 3,528Before him are Shoshana Damari, Pyotr Leshchenko, Jackie Wilson, Nick Kamen, Jetty Paerl, and Miliza Korjus. After him are Arik Einstein, Cheb Mami, Julie d'Aubigny, Andreas Vollenweider, MC Hammer, and Samira Said.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Blind Lemon Jefferson ranks 147Before him are Anthony Berkeley Cox, Georges Florovsky, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Gyula Breyer, Lucien Tesnière, and Edna Parker. After him are Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, J. G. Strijdom, Roland Jacobi, Ernst Grünfeld, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, and Aleksandr Gauk. Among people deceased in 1929, Blind Lemon Jefferson ranks 81Before him are Paul Leni, Lillie Langtry, Charles Fox Parham, Charles F. Brush, Basil III of Constantinople, and Leonard Hobhouse. After him are Ernest Monis, Cornelis Lely, Heinrich Zille, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Gerhard Munthe, and Emilie Snethlage.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Blind Lemon Jefferson ranks 4,489 out of 18,182Before him are Michael Berryman (1948), Cecil Taylor (1929), Ray Dalio (1949), Beatrice Straight (1914), Dom DeLuise (1933), and Dee Wallace (1948). After him are Johnny Appleseed (1774), Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), Herb Ritts (1952), Esther Lederberg (1922), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), and J. J. Johnson (1924).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Blind Lemon Jefferson ranks 226Before him are Carl Wilson (1946), Billy Vaughn (1919), Leon Russell (1942), Joan Osborne (1962), Ronnie Van Zant (1948), and Jackie Wilson (1934). After him are MC Hammer (1962), Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), Billy Paul (1934), Melanie Thornton (1967), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), and Eric Johnson (1954).