SINGER

Little Walter

1930 - 1968

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Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on succeeding generations, earning him comparisons to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations of what was possible on blues harmonica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Little Walter has received more than 1,592,929 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Little Walter is the 811th most popular singer (up from 973rd in 2019), the 4,323rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,316th in 2019) and the 217th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Little Walter ranks 811 out of 4,381. Before him are Arno, Lyudmila Zykina, Gregg Allman, Hildegard Behrens, Lotte Lehmann, and Patti LaBelle. After him are Naná Vasconcelos, Basia, Bora Đorđević, Afrika Bambaataa, Serge Lama, and Anneke Grönloh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Little Walter ranks 278. Before him are Guy Béart, Vilmos Zsigmond, Egon Klepsch, Paul Mazursky, José María Zárraga, and Herbert Erhardt. After him are Rubén Morán, Lawrence Eagleburger, Jorma Panula, Julio Abbadie, Jan Olszewski, and Ryszard Kukliński. Among people deceased in 1968, Little Walter ranks 116. Before him are Ibrahim Moustafa, Lina Stern, Robert Z. Leonard, Rose Wilder Lane, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, and Vasyl Makukh. After him are Segismundo Casado, Walter Tewksbury, Ugo Frigerio, Mercedes de Acosta, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, and Johann Horvath.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Little Walter ranks 4,323 out of 20,380. Before him are Mildred Natwick (1905), Judy Holliday (1921), Patti LaBelle (1944), Frank Morgan (1890), Schuyler Colfax (1823), and Pitbull (1981). After him are Tommy Dorsey (1905), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Steven Holl (1947), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Lara Flynn Boyle (1970), and Spencer Johnson (1938).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Little Walter ranks 217. Before him are Carl Wilson (1946), Eric Carmen (1949), Julie London (1926), Minnie Riperton (1947), Gregg Allman (1947), and Patti LaBelle (1944). After him are Afrika Bambaataa (1957), Mort Shuman (1938), Lobo (1943), Signe Toly Anderson (1941), B. J. Thomas (1942), and Melanie Thornton (1967).

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