1934 - 1998
Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr.; December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998) was an American singer, harmonica player, and recording artist. He is best known for his signature song "Messin' with the Kid" and his 1965 album Hoodoo Man Blues, described by the critic Bill Dahl as "one of the truly classic blues albums of the 1960s". Wells himself categorized his music as rhythm and blues.Wells performed and recorded with various notable blues musicians, including Muddy Waters, Earl Hooker, and Buddy Guy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Junior Wells has received more than 475,515 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Junior Wells is the 1,289th most popular singer (down from 1,153rd in 2019), the 6,935th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,336th in 2019) and the 341st most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Junior Wells ranks 1,289 out of 3,528. Before him are Barney McKenna, Seo In-guk, Tetsuya Komuro, Kvitka Cisyk, Taos Amrouche, and Lasse Berghagen. After him are Olga Guillot, Álvaro Soler, Daniel Powter, Betty Carter, Karina, and Luz Casal.
1939 - 2012
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 1,283
1987 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 1,284
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 1,285
1953 - 1998
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 1,286
1913 - 1976
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 1,287
1945 - 2023
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 1,288
1934 - 1998
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 1,289
1922 - 2010
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 1,290
1991 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 1,291
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 1,292
1929 - 1998
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 1,293
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 1,294
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 1,295
Among people born in 1934, Junior Wells ranks 346. Before him are Tonina Torrielli, Chuck McCann, Gulzar, Ole Madsen, Gilbert Strang, and Phạm Minh Mẫn. After him are Sam Panopoulos, Jaegwon Kim, Peter Maxwell Davies, Eddy Pieters Graafland, Mário de Araújo Cabral, and Joseph Bologna. Among people deceased in 1998, Junior Wells ranks 208. Before him are Ed Ablowich, Stokely Carmichael, Marion Donovan, Wanda Jakubowska, Kvitka Cisyk, and Raymond E. Brown. After him are Betty Carter, Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Alice Faye, Stu Ungar, Fred Alderman, and Åke Seyffarth.
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 340
1934 - 2018
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 341
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 342
1934 - 2006
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 343
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 344
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 345
1934 - 1998
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 346
1934 - 2017
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 347
1934 - 2019
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 348
1934 - 2016
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 349
1934 - 2020
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 350
1934 - 2020
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 351
1934 - 2017
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 352
1913 - 1998
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 202
1941 - 1998
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 203
1917 - 1998
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 204
1907 - 1998
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 205
1953 - 1998
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 206
1928 - 1998
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 207
1934 - 1998
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 208
1929 - 1998
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 209
1905 - 1998
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 210
1915 - 1998
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 211
1953 - 1998
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 212
1905 - 1998
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 213
1919 - 1998
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 214
Among people born in United States, Junior Wells ranks 6,935 out of 18,182. Before him are Eleanor Powell (1912), Raymond E. Brown (1928), Harold Budd (1936), William Haines (1900), Warren Farrell (1943), and Mike Farrell (1939). After him are Chuck Grassley (1933), Connie Britton (1967), Jeffrey Eugenides (1960), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), Frank Wykoff (1909), and Frankie Genaro (1901).
1912 - 1982
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 6,929
1928 - 1998
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 6,930
1936 - 2020
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 6,931
1900 - 1973
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,932
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,933
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,934
1934 - 1998
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,935
1933 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,936
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,937
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 6,938
1941 - 2016
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 6,939
1909 - 1980
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 6,940
1901 - 1966
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 6,941
Among singers born in United States, Junior Wells ranks 341. Before him are Johnny Mathis (1935), Telma Hopkins (1948), Marilyn Miller (1898), Jello Biafra (1958), Tina Weymouth (1950), and Kvitka Cisyk (1953). After him are Betty Carter (1929), Leonard Warren (1911), Skeeter Davis (1931), Johnny Rivers (1942), Sheila E. (1957), and Randy Meisner (1946).
1935 - Present
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 335
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 336
1898 - 1936
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 337
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 338
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 339
1953 - 1998
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 340
1934 - 1998
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 341
1929 - 1998
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 342
1911 - 1960
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 343
1931 - 2004
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 344
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 345
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 346
1946 - 2023
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 347