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Elizabeth Cotten

1893 - 1987

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Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (née Nevills; January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an influential American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This position meant that she would play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Cotten has received more than 710,596 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Elizabeth Cotten is the 1,466th most popular musician (down from 1,443rd in 2019), the 7,351st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,225th in 2019) and the 556th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Elizabeth Cotten ranks 1,466 out of 2,662. Before her are Daniel Lanois, Nigo, Trevor Bolder, Elliott Smith, Hubert Sumlin, and Ron Geesin. After her are Rick Allen, Cassandra Wilson, Chrisye, Robert Cray, Jan Axel Blomberg, and J. B. Lenoir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Elizabeth Cotten ranks 212. Before her are Blind Blake, Ragnar Malm, George Hodgson, Stasys Girėnas, Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, and Steingrímur Steinþórsson. After her are Marguerite Broquedis, Fernando Altimani, Katharine Cornell, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, and Ina Claire. Among people deceased in 1987, Elizabeth Cotten ranks 190. Before her are Heðin Brú, Galo Plaza, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Giovanni Arpino, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, and Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas. After her are Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Alphonse Alley, John Qualen, William J. Casey, Valentín Paz-Andrade, and James Burnham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth Cotten ranks 7,351 out of 18,182. Before her are Kathryn Grayson (1922), Nicky Jam (1981), Eve Ensler (1953), Jerry O'Connell (1974), Alan Ball (1957), and Sgt. Slaughter (1948). After her are Blanche Sweet (1896), Susanna Thompson (1958), Kaitlyn Ashley (1971), Richard Boone (1917), Brenda Bakke (1963), and Al Matthews (1942).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Elizabeth Cotten ranks 556. Before her are Tim Bogert (1944), Nancy Wilson (1954), Ramsey Lewis (1935), Cliff Martinez (1954), Elliott Smith (1969), and Hubert Sumlin (1931). After her are Cassandra Wilson (1955), Robert Cray (1953), J. B. Lenoir (1929), Memphis Minnie (1897), Diamanda Galás (1955), and Hal Blaine (1929).

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