SINGER

Lightnin' Hopkins

1912 - 1982

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Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.The musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick opined that Hopkins is "the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lightnin' Hopkins has received more than 922,545 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Lightnin' Hopkins is the 1,178th most popular singer (down from 916th in 2019), the 6,004th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,104th in 2019) and the 298th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 920k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lightnin' Hopkins by language

Over the past year Lightnin' Hopkins has had the most page views in the with 99,347 views, followed by French (9,221), and Japanese (6,814). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are West Frisian (83.58%), French (82.20%), and Bavarian (72.90%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lightnin' Hopkins ranks 1,178 out of 4,381. Before him are David Sylvian, Anna Maria Jopek, Lounès Matoub, Lonnie Donegan, Ted Neeley, and Emina Jahović. After him are Spagna, Jonathan Davis, Juan Pons, Willie Colón, Arne Bendiksen, and Roger McGuinn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Lightnin' Hopkins ranks 255. Before him are Phạm Hùng, Louis Paul Boon, Enrique Fernández Viola, Pietro Palazzini, Maguba Syrtlanova, and Ollie Johnston. After him are Iuliu Bodola, Glenn Morris, Boris Chertok, Givi Javakhishvili, Morris Louis, and Sonny Boy Williamson II. Among people deceased in 1982, Lightnin' Hopkins ranks 177. Before him are Fernando Lamas, Allen Woodring, Nikolai Kamanin, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Raghunath Murmu, and Palden Thondup Namgyal. After him are Robert Havemann, Boris Andreyev, Tomás Romero Pereira, Hendrik Wade Bode, Percy Williams, and Eino Penttilä.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lightnin' Hopkins ranks 6,004 out of 20,380. Before him are Tracy Chevalier (1962), Beverly Aadland (1942), Ted Neeley (1943), Walter Sutton (1877), Gale Anne Hurd (1955), and David Starr Jordan (1851). After him are Floyd Gottfredson (1905), Pia Zadora (1953), Jonathan Davis (1971), Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), Leila Hyams (1905), and Ed Begley Jr. (1949).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Lightnin' Hopkins ranks 298. Before him are Lou Rawls (1933), Eva Cassidy (1963), Nate Dogg (1969), Junior Wells (1934), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), and Ted Neeley (1943). After him are Jonathan Davis (1971), Willie Colón (1950), Roger McGuinn (1942), Kenny Dorham (1924), Tom Verlaine (1949), and Grace Bumbry (1937).

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