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Johnny Winter

1944 - 2014

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John Dawson Winter III (February 23, 1944 – July 16, 2014) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. Winter was known for his high-energy blues rock albums, live performances, and slide guitar playing from the late 1960s into the early 2000s. He also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Winter has received more than 3,580,564 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Johnny Winter is the 408th most popular musician (down from 372nd in 2019), the 2,258th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,067th in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Johnny Winter ranks 408 out of 3,175. Before him are Albert King, Joan Manuel Serrat, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Jan Kubelík, Donovan, and Joe Perry. After him are Bulbul, Alan Walker, Tom Petty, Domenico Alberti, Willi Boskovsky, and DJ BoBo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Johnny Winter ranks 170. Before him are Bernard Tschumi, Marc Ouellet, Richard Ford, Brenda Lee, Dennis Wilson, and Stockard Channing. After him are Peter Mayhew, Alan Stivell, Pattie Boyd, Adriano Galliani, John Newcombe, and António Mascarenhas Monteiro. Among people deceased in 2014, Johnny Winter ranks 102. Before him are Yitzhak Hofi, Richard Bull, Robert Hansen, Alexander Shulgin, Björn Waldegård, and Mário Coluna. After him are Huber Matos, Ramón José Velásquez, Leo Tindemans, Manitas de Plata, Serge Moscovici, and Vasily Petrov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Winter ranks 2,258 out of 20,380. Before him are Terry O'Quinn (1952), James Rothman (1950), Joe Perry (1950), Djuna Barnes (1892), Henry Murray (1893), and Joseph D. Pistone (1939). After him are Stanley Donen (1924), Chazz Palminteri (1952), Michael Walzer (1935), Betty Friedan (1921), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), and Baruch Goldstein (1956).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Johnny Winter ranks 121. Before him are Ben Webster (1909), Dennis Wilson (1944), Glenn Frey (1948), Ray Conniff (1916), Albert King (1923), and Joe Perry (1950). After him are Tom Petty (1950), John Phillips (1935), Lionel Hampton (1908), Steve Vai (1960), Kenny Loggins (1948), and Philly Joe Jones (1923).

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