SINGER

Magic Sam

1937 - 1969

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Samuel Gene Maghett (February 14, 1937 – December 1, 1969), known as Magic Sam, was an American Chicago blues musician. He was born in Grenada County, Mississippi, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. After moving to Chicago at the age of 19, he was signed by Cobra Records and became well known as a bluesman after the release of his first record, "All Your Love", in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magic Sam has received more than 329,060 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Magic Sam is the 1,824th most popular singer (down from 1,554th in 2019), the 9,759th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,367th in 2019) and the 469th most popular American Singer.

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  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Magic Sam ranks 1,824 out of 4,381. Before him are Lawrence Tibbett, Yolandi Visser, Tex Ritter, Marie Kraja, Monique Melsen, and Maître Gims. After him are Yıldız Tilbe, Johnnie Ray, Chris Fehn, Anitta, Agnes Obel, and LaVern Baker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Magic Sam ranks 480. Before him are Marlo Thomas, Léo Lacroix, Yuri Falin, Steve Russell, Vilmos Varjú, and Viktor Zubkov. After him are Detto Mariano, Chuck Peddle, Ollan Cassell, Georg Thoma, Michel Stievenard, and David Bedford. Among people deceased in 1969, Magic Sam ranks 227. Before him are Viktor Vinogradov, Manuel Plaza, Muhammad Fareed Didi, Rodolfo Choperena, Petras Klimas, and Natalie Talmadge. After him are Olga Oelkers, Otto Fahr, Walter Hagen, Márton Homonnai, Ivy Compton-Burnett, and Charles Brackett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Magic Sam ranks 9,759 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack White (1975), Marilu Henner (1952), George Mehnert (1881), Marguerite Clark (1883), Thomas F. Bayard (1828), and Tom Harrell (1946). After him are Michael Ritchie (1938), Rikishi (1965), Carol J. Adams (1951), George Washington Goethals (1858), Frederick Sheffield (1902), and Jonathan Safran Foer (1977).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Magic Sam ranks 469. Before him are Greg Graffin (1964), Ben Harper (1969), Willie Brown (1900), Irma Thomas (1941), Lil' Kim (1974), and Lawrence Tibbett (1896). After him are Johnnie Ray (1927), Chris Fehn (1973), LaVern Baker (1929), Brad Delp (1951), Patty Smyth (1957), and Rick Ross (1976).

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