MUSICIAN

Elmore James

1918 - 1963

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Elmore James (né Brooks; January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. Noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice, James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elmore James has received more than 857,866 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Elmore James is the 705th most popular musician (down from 704th in 2019), the 3,582nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,655th in 2019) and the 218th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Elmore James ranks 705 out of 3,175. Before him are Hide, Rick Davies, Jerry Garcia, Jeff Buckley, Eric Dolphy, and Robert Hausmann. After him are Menahem Pressler, Alexis Weissenberg, Lev Oborin, Clara Rockmore, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and Conrad Graf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Elmore James ranks 131. Before him are Abraham Robinson, Hella Haasse, Alexander Shelepin, Teresa Wright, Marie Smith Jones, and Cameron Mitchell. After him are Abdul Haris Nasution, James Aldridge, Cheddi Jagan, Ján Kadár, Jerome Robbins, and Jelle Zijlstra. Among people deceased in 1963, Elmore James ranks 87. Before him are Sophus Nielsen, Adolphe Menjou, Marie Marvingt, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Luis Cernuda. After him are Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Hubert Pierlot, Ivan Bek, Otto Struve, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, and Fernando Tambroni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmore James ranks 3,582 out of 20,380. Before him are Jean Acker (1893), Charles Martinet (1955), Pat Boone (1934), R. A. Salvatore (1959), David Harbour (1975), and Melissa Etheridge (1961). After him are Larry Wall (1954), David Graeber (1961), James Rebhorn (1948), Ona Munson (1903), Paula Abdul (1962), and Arnold Gesell (1880).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Elmore James ranks 218. Before him are Rufus Wainwright (1973), Steve Lukather (1957), Louis Prima (1910), Jerry Garcia (1942), Jeff Buckley (1966), and Eric Dolphy (1928). After him are The Big Bopper (1930), Kenny Clarke (1914), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929), Max Roach (1924), Herb Alpert (1935), and Willie Dixon (1915).

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