MUSICIAN

Earl Hooker

1930 - 1970

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Earl Zebedee Hooker (January 15, 1930 – April 21, 1970) was a Chicago blues guitarist known for his slide guitar playing. Considered a "musician's musician", he performed with blues artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells, and John Lee Hooker and fronted his own bands. An early player of the electric guitar, Hooker was influenced by the modern urban styles of T-Bone Walker and Robert Nighthawk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Earl Hooker has received more than 187,916 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Earl Hooker is the 2,247th most popular musician (down from 1,955th in 2019), the 11,935th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,151st in 2019) and the 904th most popular American Musician.

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  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Earl Hooker ranks 2,247 out of 3,175. Before him are Virgil Donati, Tim Commerford, Oleksandr Ponomariov, DJ Hell, Susanna Mälkki, and Gil Shaham. After him are Andy Fairweather Low, David Murray, Farin Urlaub, Michael Moran, Shawn Drover, and Dave Sabo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Earl Hooker ranks 596. Before him are Troy Ruttman, Barry Unsworth, Muhal Richard Abrams, Robert Detweiler, Colin McDonald, and Braulio Musso. After him are Annie Ross, Marie Senghor Basse, Lajos Für, Louis Meznarie, Norman Podhoretz, and John Arden. Among people deceased in 1970, Earl Hooker ranks 253. Before him are Feroz Khan Noon, Earl Eby, Chester Morris, Marjorie Rambeau, Charlie Ruggles, and Preston Foster. After him are Richard Hofstadter, Richard Cushing, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Booker Ervin, William Daniels, and William Beaudine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Earl Hooker ranks 11,935 out of 20,380. Before him are Crystal Reed (1985), Will Forte (1970), Wendell Ford (1924), Crystal Waters (1964), Frank Faylen (1905), and Paul Kelly (1899). After him are Robert D. Cabana (1949), John Kennedy (1951), James Rector (1884), Aimee Mann (1960), Blair Underwood (1964), and Greg Valentine (1951).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Earl Hooker ranks 904. Before him are Lisa Lopes (1971), Muhal Richard Abrams (1930), Roy Z (1963), James Williamson (1949), Tim Commerford (1968), and Gil Shaham (1971). After him are David Murray (1955), Dave Sabo (1964), Hughie Thomasson (1952), Dave Bartholomew (1918), Carl W. Stalling (1891), and Duke Pearson (1932).

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