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MUSICIAN

Joe South

1940 - 2012

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Joe South (born Joseph Alfred Souter; February 28, 1940 – September 5, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe South has received more than 691,627 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe South is the 1,511th most popular musician (down from 1,492nd in 2019), the 7,540th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,454th in 2019) and the 579th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Joe South ranks 1,511 out of 2,662Before him are Shantel, Bret Michaels, Gotye, Ilaiyaraaja, Slim Harpo, and Rick Danko. After him are Simon Gallup, Horace Andy, John Ogdon, Fats Navarro, Dennis Brain, and Gabry Ponte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Joe South ranks 406Before him are Vicente Miera, Michael Herr, Michael Ruse, Leila Ahmed, Jack Thompson, and Vyacheslav Starshinov. After him are Joe Torre, Werner Krämer, Richard Attwood, Moudud Ahmed, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, and Nicolae Lupescu. Among people deceased in 2012, Joe South ranks 315Before him are Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Takeshi Urata, William Grut, Art Larsen, José Guardiola, and Juan Pereda. After him are Chad Everett, Richard Rodney Bennett, Sergey Nikolsky, Sherman Hemsley, Gustaf Jansson, and Pierre Adam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe South ranks 7,540 out of 18,182Before him are Mel Patton (1924), Emily Donelson (1807), Betty Field (1913), Slim Harpo (1924), Donald Regan (1918), and Taboo (1975). After him are Diane Warren (1956), Chad Everett (1937), Bobby Unser (1934), Andy Rubin (1963), Jesse Williams (1981), and Lil Pump (2000).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Joe South ranks 579Before him are Jimmy Miller (1942), Lee Ranaldo (1956), Flavor Flav (1959), Lyle Mays (1953), Bret Michaels (1963), and Slim Harpo (1924). After him are Fats Navarro (1923), Jerry Cantrell (1966), Mike Mills (1958), Allen Toussaint (1938), Julieta Venegas (1970), and Stanley Turrentine (1934).