MUSICIAN

Dickey Betts

1943 - 2024

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Forrest Richard Betts (December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as a longtime member of the Allman Brothers Band. A co-founder of the band when it formed in 1969, he was central to the group's greatest commercial success in the mid-1970s, and was the writer and vocalist on the Allmans' hit single "Ramblin' Man". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dickey Betts has received more than 3,016,610 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Dickey Betts is the 1,859th most popular musician (down from 1,708th in 2019), the 9,426th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,620th in 2019) and the 716th most popular American Musician.

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  • 3.0M

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  • 44.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dickey Betts ranks 1,859 out of 3,175Before him are Mick Abrahams, Derek Bailey, Doug Yule, Danny Carey, Augustus Pablo, and Buddy Miles. After him are Nelson Riddle, Carlinhos Brown, Robert Westerholt, Takanori Nishikawa, Pete Quaife, and Don Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Dickey Betts ranks 602Before him are Bill Moggridge, Wilhelm Genazino, Erwin Huber, Pelle Svensson, Catherine E. Coulson, and Mick Abrahams. After him are Steven Bochco, Bob Avakian, Samuel T. Durrance, Pete Quaife, Manfred Schnelldorfer, and Hugh Wilson. Among people deceased in 2024, Dickey Betts ranks 354Before him are Steve Lawrence, Luis Tejada, Michael Jayston, William Russell, Dallas Long, and Manohar Joshi. After him are Lance Larson, Janis Paige, Roberto Chale, Shigeharu Ueki, Choi Dae-shik, and Moacir Rodrigues Santos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dickey Betts ranks 9,426 out of 20,380Before him are Buddy Miles (1947), Joe Fulks (1921), Elsie Janis (1889), Daniel Barringer (1860), George Beauchamp (1899), and Brandon Routh (1979). After him are Jason Lewis (1971), Nelson Riddle (1921), Dustin Poirier (1989), Margaret Osborne duPont (1918), Bob Foster (1942), and Dean Kamen (1951).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Dickey Betts ranks 716Before him are Josh Klinghoffer (1979), Garrick Ohlsson (1948), Kim Kashkashian (1952), Doug Yule (1947), Danny Carey (1961), and Buddy Miles (1947). After him are Nelson Riddle (1921), Don Williams (1939), Paul Motian (1931), John Sebastian (1944), Chris Stein (1950), and Steve Smith (1954).