MUSICIAN

David "Honeyboy" Edwards

1915 - 2011

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David "Honeyboy" Edwards (June 28, 1915 – August 29, 2011) was an American delta blues guitarist and singer from Mississippi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David "Honeyboy" Edwards has received more than 201,990 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). David "Honeyboy" Edwards is the 2,155th most popular musician (down from 1,966th in 2019), the 11,398th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,201st in 2019) and the 862nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David "Honeyboy" Edwards ranks 2,155 out of 3,175. Before him are Steve Lacy, Randy Bachman, Oscar Dronjak, Eddie Lang, Vadim Repin, and Kygo. After him are Kayhan Kalhor, Chris Botti, Johnny Van Zant, Jeffrey Hammond, Bela B., and Jim Byrnes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, David "Honeyboy" Edwards ranks 276. Before him are Antonio Giolitti, Elizabeth Catlett, Claudia Testoni, Ralph Bishop, Jean Stafford, and Carla Marangoni. After him are Helmut Niedermayr, Yvonne Mitchell, Harry Edison, Howard Cooke, Siegfried Powolny, and Arthur Lowe. Among people deceased in 2011, David "Honeyboy" Edwards ranks 448. Before him are Sada Thompson, Kathy Kirby, Dietrich Stobbe, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Dick King-Smith, and Khamis Gaddafi. After him are Doris Belack, Naoki Matsuda, Jack Layton, Elaine Stewart, Bill Hunter, and H. R. F. Keating.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David "Honeyboy" Edwards ranks 11,398 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Walt (1955), Nick Cannon (1980), Chris Weitz (1969), James Toney (1968), Tris Speaker (1888), and Naomi Wolf (1962). After him are Percy Lavon Julian (1899), Dawn Olivieri (1981), Allison Anders (1954), Samuel Chase (1741), Fred Savage (1976), and Jamie Chung (1983).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, David "Honeyboy" Edwards ranks 862. Before him are Branford Marsalis (1960), Big Joe Williams (1903), Sufjan Stevens (1975), Elvin Bishop (1942), Steve Lacy (1934), and Eddie Lang (1902). After him are Chris Botti (1962), Johnny Van Zant (1960), Jim Byrnes (1948), Bob Kulick (1950), Dale Crover (1967), and Hank Ballard (1927).

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