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MUSICIAN

Blind Willie McTell

1898 - 1959

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Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues. Unlike his contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blind Willie McTell has received more than 523,790 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Blind Willie McTell is the 1,246th most popular musician (down from 1,156th in 2019), the 6,194th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,717th in 2019) and the 464th most popular American Musician.

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  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Blind Willie McTell ranks 1,246 out of 2,662Before him are Tim Hardin, Zoot Sims, Arthur De Greef, Henry Litolff, Joe Sample, and Charlie Byrd. After him are Ivan Král, Jenő Jandó, Jaromír Nohavica, Mary Travers, Trevor Rabin, and Chico Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Blind Willie McTell ranks 182Before him are Ben Shahn, Allen Woodring, Norman Vincent Peale, Lily Pons, Rosa Chacel, and William Astbury. After him are Zhu Ziqing, Preston Sturges, Leonard Howell, Riichi Yokomitsu, Kay Sage, and M. Ageyev. Among people deceased in 1959, Blind Willie McTell ranks 139Before him are Zakaria Goneim, Jean Grémillon, Hans Henny Jahnn, Felix Jacoby, Vitaly Bianki, and Sax Rohmer. After him are Preston Sturges, Pierre Frieden, Lipót Fejér, Carl Switzer, Kay Kendall, and Stepan Erzia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Blind Willie McTell ranks 6,194 out of 18,182Before him are Harley Race (1943), Scott Brady (1924), Charlie Byrd (1925), Lola Falana (1942), Richard Posner (1939), and Maryanne Trump Barry (1937). After him are Kerry Washington (1977), John Ashcroft (1942), Michael Andretti (1962), Vanessa Marcil (1968), Steve Porcaro (1957), and David M. Brown (1956).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Blind Willie McTell ranks 464Before him are Frankie Knuckles (1955), Trent Reznor (1965), Tim Hardin (1941), Zoot Sims (1925), Joe Sample (1939), and Charlie Byrd (1925). After him are Mary Travers (1936), Chico Hamilton (1921), Pat Smear (1959), Ralph Towner (1940), John Myung (1967), and Memphis Slim (1915).