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MUSICIAN

Freddie King

1934 - 1976

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Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and B.B. King, none of whom was a blood relative). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Freddie King has received more than 1,297,941 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Freddie King is the 517th most popular musician (down from 417th in 2019), the 2,746th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,261st in 2019) and the 156th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Freddie King ranks 517 out of 2,662Before him are Johann Friedrich Fasch, Jermaine Jackson, Aldo Ciccolini, Tommy Ramone, Joey DeMaio, and Gil Evans. After him are Ole Bull, Michel Petrucciani, Wendy Carlos, Mitch Mitchell, Klaus Voormann, and Ivo Pogorelić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Freddie King ranks 140Before him are Jean Chrétien, Raina Kabaivanska, Franc Rode, Jacques Loussier, Linda Cristal, and Jean Ziegler. After him are Omar Karami, Yoshio Furukawa, Marc Rich, Alisa Freindlich, Kira Muratova, and George Segal. Among people deceased in 1976, Freddie King ranks 87Before him are Paul Morand, Tommy Bolin, Sal Mineo, Karl Schäfer, Paul Strand, and Wilder Penfield. After him are Mohammed Ben Aarafa, Hans von Obstfelder, Alexander Lippisch, Josef Sudek, Gottfried von Cramm, and Rudolf Kempe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Freddie King ranks 2,746 out of 18,182Before him are Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), Joseph Valachi (1904), Royal Rife (1888), John Milnor (1931), J. Presper Eckert (1919), and Wilder Penfield (1891). After him are Edgar Snow (1905), Tracy Morgan (1968), Ronald Lauder (1944), Jill St. John (1940), Fritz Leiber (1910), and Richard Thorpe (1896).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Freddie King ranks 156Before him are Lionel Hampton (1908), Mick Mars (1951), Ira Gershwin (1896), Archie Shepp (1937), Jermaine Jackson (1954), and Joey DeMaio (1954). After him are Wendy Carlos (1939), Gerry Mulligan (1927), Joe Pass (1929), Tom Petty (1950), Artie Shaw (1910), and Ace Frehley (1951).