SINGER

Johnny "Guitar" Watson

1935 - 1996

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John Watson Jr. (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996), often known professionally as Johnny "Guitar" Watson, was an American musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny "Guitar" Watson has received more than 751,296 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Johnny "Guitar" Watson is the 1,353rd most popular singer (down from 816th in 2019), the 6,898th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,588th in 2019) and the 336th most popular American Singer.

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  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Johnny "Guitar" Watson ranks 1,353 out of 4,381. Before him are Anahí, Nek, John Paul Young, Siti Nurhaliza, Laila Kinnunen, and Dima Bilan. After him are Richard Bona, Brita Borg, Emma Shapplin, Sara Tavares, Kenan Doğulu, and Inger Berggren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Johnny "Guitar" Watson ranks 347. Before him are Oscar Panno, Candy Barr, Johnny Mathis, Lee Meriwether, Mary Oliver, and Régine Deforges. After him are Märta Tikkanen, João Morais, Nancy Kovack, Vicente Lucas, Ivo Trumbić, and Željko Matuš. Among people deceased in 1996, Johnny "Guitar" Watson ranks 237. Before him are Bill Monroe, Jonathan Larson, Antonio Creus, Anni Steuer, Marin Sorescu, and William Colby. After him are Hrant Shahinyan, Wálter Guevara, Olle Åhlund, Latifa al-Zayyat, Pavel Solovyov, and Václav Hovorka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny "Guitar" Watson ranks 6,898 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Gant (1944), Betty Field (1913), Robert Trump (1948), Alf Clausen (1941), Charles Greene (1945), and Sam Altman (1985). After him are Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903), Horace W. Babcock (1912), Mike Larrabee (1933), Paula Fox (1923), Edgar Winter (1946), and Brenda Song (1988).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Johnny "Guitar" Watson ranks 336. Before him are Abbey Lincoln (1930), Shirley Verrett (1931), Bob Hite (1943), Marilyn Miller (1898), Yvonne Elliman (1951), and Johnny Mathis (1935). After him are Gregg Rolie (1947), Thomas Hampson (1955), Nancy Wilson (1937), Mary J. Blige (1971), Sherrill Milnes (1935), and Tina Weymouth (1950).

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