1918 - 1963
Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader. He was known as "King of the Slide Guitar" and was noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elmore James has received more than 628,597 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Elmore James is the 575th most popular musician (down from 435th in 2019), the 3,022nd most popular biography from United States (down from 177th in 2019) and the 189th most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Elmore James ranks 575 out of 2,675. Before him are Dido, Rudolf Kempe, Vince Clarke, T-Bone Walker, Laurie Anderson, and Hillel Slovak. After him are Clive Burr, Pierre Rode, David Crosby, Mitch Mitchell, Rachid Taha, and Ron Carter.
1971 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 569
1910 - 1976
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 570
1960 - Present
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 571
1910 - 1975
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 572
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 573
1962 - 1988
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 574
1918 - 1963
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 575
1957 - 2013
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 576
1774 - 1830
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 577
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 578
1947 - 2008
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 579
1958 - 2018
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 580
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 581
Among people born in 1918, Elmore James ranks 112. Before him are María Mercader, George Mosse, Leila Mourad, George Lincoln Rockwell, Ángel Labruna, and Adolfo Pedernera. After him are Ida Lupino, Teresa Wright, David Ausubel, Antonín Mrkos, Alexander Shelepin, and Humaira Begum. Among people deceased in 1963, Elmore James ranks 70. Before him are Fazlollah Zahedi, Camille Chautemps, Ernst Marischka, Ngô Đình Nhu, Alan Gardiner, and Otto Struve. After him are Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Hubert Pierlot, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Patsy Cline, Robert Stroud, and Gustave Garrigou.
1918 - 2011
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 106
1918 - 1999
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 107
1918 - 1995
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 108
1918 - 1967
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 109
1918 - 1983
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 110
1918 - 1995
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 111
1918 - 1963
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 112
1918 - 1995
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 113
1918 - 2005
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 114
1918 - 2008
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 115
1918 - 1996
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 116
1918 - 1994
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 117
1918 - 2002
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 118
1897 - 1963
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 64
1885 - 1963
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 65
1893 - 1963
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 66
1910 - 1963
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 67
1879 - 1963
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 68
1897 - 1963
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 69
1918 - 1963
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 70
1883 - 1963
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 71
1883 - 1963
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 72
1880 - 1963
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 73
1932 - 1963
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 74
1890 - 1963
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 75
1884 - 1963
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 76
Among people born in United States, Elmore James ranks 3,022 out of 15,968. Before him are Leon Russom (1941), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Clifton James (1920), Winslow Homer (1836), Mos Def (1973), and Leslie Lamport (1941). After him are Michael H. Hart (1932), Jean Peters (1926), David Crosby (1941), Karen Allen (1951), Judith Resnik (1949), and Linda Harrison (1945).
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 3,016
1819 - 1885
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 3,017
1920 - 2017
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 3,018
1836 - 1910
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 3,019
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 3,020
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 3,021
1918 - 1963
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 3,022
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 3,023
1926 - 2000
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 3,024
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 3,025
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 3,026
1949 - 1986
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 3,027
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 3,028
Among musicians born in United States, Elmore James ranks 189. Before him are Rufus Wainwright (1973), Horace Silver (1928), Scotty Moore (1931), Billy Gibbons (1949), T-Bone Walker (1910), and Laurie Anderson (1947). After him are David Crosby (1941), Ron Carter (1937), Victor Young (1900), Max Roach (1924), Jeff Buckley (1966), and Matt Cameron (1962).
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 183
1928 - 2014
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 184
1931 - 2016
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 185
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 186
1910 - 1975
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 187
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 188
1918 - 1963
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 189
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 190
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 191
1900 - 1956
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 192
1924 - 2007
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 193
1966 - 1997
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 194
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 195