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Floyd Council

1911 - 1976

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Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, mandolin player, and singer. He was a practitioner of the Piedmont blues, which was popular in the southeastern United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Floyd Council has received more than 228,756 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Floyd Council is the 824th most popular musician (up from 1,003rd in 2019), the 4,135th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,904th in 2019) and the 258th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Floyd Council ranks 824 out of 3,175. Before him are Chuck Schuldiner, Adam Levine, Dee Dee Warwick, Duško Gojković, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and Phil Taylor. After him are John Petrucci, Snowy White, Éric Serra, Milt Jackson, Adrien-François Servais, and Dorival Caymmi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Floyd Council ranks 156. Before him are Abderrahmane Farès, José María Arguedas, Louis Dumont, Arkady Raikin, Hume Cronyn, and Kukrit Pramoj. After him are Allan Pettersson, Aliya bint Ali, Brunhilde Pomsel, Roy Rogers, Terry-Thomas, and Gian Carlo Menotti. Among people deceased in 1976, Floyd Council ranks 121. Before him are Wan Waithayakon, Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, Angelo Iachino, Pinhas Lavon, Zdeněk Fierlinger, and Helmut Kunz. After him are Juan José Torres, Rudolph Minkowski, Sergei Shtemenko, Sinn Sisamouth, Alfons Rebane, and Imogen Cunningham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Floyd Council ranks 4,135 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), Sally Kirkland (1941), Terry Dischinger (1940), Raymond Moody (1944), and Sammy Gravano (1945). After him are Edward Bellamy (1850), Kim Darby (1947), John Petrucci (1967), Andreas Katsulas (1946), Eugene Odum (1913), and Edward R. Murrow (1908).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Floyd Council ranks 258. Before him are Todd Rundgren (1948), Pharoah Sanders (1940), Yusef Lateef (1920), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), Adam Levine (1979), and Dee Dee Warwick (1942). After him are John Petrucci (1967), Milt Jackson (1923), Mike Porcaro (1955), Stanley Clarke (1951), Joe Walsh (1947), and Alice Coltrane (1937).

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