MUSICIAN

Jerry Reed

1937 - 2008

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Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included "Guitar Man", "U.S. Male", "A Thing Called Love", "Alabama Wild Man", "Amos Moses", "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (which garnered a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male), "Ko-Ko Joe", "Lord, Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Reed has received more than 5,456,158 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Reed is the 297th most popular musician (up from 366th in 2019), the 1,684th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,031st in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Musician.

Jerry Reed is most famous for his guitar playing and his songwriting. He is also known for his acting in movies such as Smokey and the Bandit and The Cannonball Run.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jerry Reed ranks 297 out of 3,175. Before him are Leopold Auer, Sixto Rodriguez, Terpander, André Previn, Riccardo Cocciante, and Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller. After him are Lisa Gerrard, David Popper, Salif Keita, Barış Manço, Carl Michael Bellman, and Joe Strummer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jerry Reed ranks 81. Before him are Yılmaz Güney, Joseph Nye, Thomas Nagel, Valentin Pavlov, Rubin Carter, and Rafael Moneo. After him are Seymour Hersh, Roberta Flack, Richard Møller Nielsen, Manuel Pinto da Costa, Naji al-Ali, and Yoshirō Mori. Among people deceased in 2008, Jerry Reed ranks 59. Before him are Tassos Papadopoulos, Joshua Lederberg, Rajko Mitić, Sufi Abu Taleb, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, and Henri Cartan. After him are Mark Felt, Youssef Chahine, Muslim Magomayev, Hugo Claus, Imad Mughniyah, and Mauricio Kagel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Reed ranks 1,684 out of 20,380. Before him are Edwin G. Krebs (1918), Stephen Jay Gould (1941), Héctor Elizondo (1936), Rex Stout (1886), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), and Robert Wilson (1941). After him are Maria Mitchell (1818), Ralph Bellamy (1904), Seymour Hersh (1937), Diane Lane (1965), Alan Kay (1940), and Michael P. Anderson (1959).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jerry Reed ranks 84. Before him are Bill Haley (1925), Sidney Bechet (1897), Kirk Hammett (1962), Eddie Cochran (1938), Art Tatum (1909), and Sixto Rodriguez (1942). After him are John Densmore (1944), Joe Satriani (1956), Robby Krieger (1946), Fats Domino (1928), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), and Sonny Rollins (1930).

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