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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 215,288 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Floyd Council is the 1,006th most popular musician (down from 771st in 2019), the 4,916th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,886th in 2019) and the 358th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Floyd Council ranks 1,006 out of 2,662. Before him are Barry Harris, Martin Barre, Colin Burgess, Helmuth Rilling, Hélène Grimaud, and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. After him are Zoltán Kocsis, Hugh McDonald, Aarre Merikanto, Al Jardine, Paul Simonon, and Phil Woods.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Floyd Council ranks 178. Before him are Big Joe Turner, Lee Falk, Viktor Nekrasov, Willem Johan Kolff, Amir Hamzah, and Roy Rogers. After him are Nagarjun, Xiao Hong, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Guido del Mestri, Said Akl, and Maurice Schumann. Among people deceased in 1976, Floyd Council ranks 137. Before him are Sergei Shtemenko, Armas Taipale, Pierre Jean Jouve, Otto Tief, Jimmy Reed, and Hamit Kaplan. After him are Conduelo Píriz, Viggo Kampmann, Hidetsugu Yagi, Pál Turán, Stanley Baker, and Walter Piston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Floyd Council ranks 4,916 out of 18,182. Before him are Bill Vukovich (1918), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Gummo Marx (1893), Ward Bond (1903), Ed O'Ross (1949), and Lucien Carr (1925). After him are Jerry Sloan (1942), Sable (1967), Denis Leary (1957), Edward Lawry Norton (1898), Jimmie Rodgers (1897), and Carol Kane (1952).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Floyd Council ranks 358. Before him are Jimmy Reed (1925), Big Bill Broonzy (1903), Marky Ramone (1952), Marty Balin (1942), Tommy Johnson (1896), and Barry Harris (1929). After him are Hugh McDonald (1950), Al Jardine (1942), Phil Woods (1931), Tony Joe White (1943), Mike Mangini (1963), and Jimmy Cobb (1929).

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