MUSICIAN

Memphis Minnie

1897 - 1973

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Lizzie Douglas (June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973), better known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted for over three decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Memphis Minnie has received more than 493,248 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Memphis Minnie is the 1,607th most popular musician (down from 1,468th in 2019), the 8,075th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,365th in 2019) and the 591st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Memphis Minnie ranks 1,607 out of 3,175. Before her are Johnny Dodds, Larry Williams, Didier Lockwood, Johnny Mandel, Wanda Wiłkomirska, and Eliane Elias. After her are Daphne Oram, Daniel Viglietti, Alex Acuña, Mehdi Hassan, Stefan Olsdal, and James P. Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Memphis Minnie ranks 265. Before her are Gerhard Lamprecht, Juan Natalicio González, Géza von Bolváry, I. I. Chundrigar, Isabel Briggs Myers, and Archie Stark. After her are C. B. van Niel, Shidzue Katō, Harald Strøm, Gregory Ratoff, Bert Schneider, and Ville Pörhölä. Among people deceased in 1973, Memphis Minnie ranks 227. Before her are Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, Jane Bowles, Oliver Macdonald, Roland Dorgelès, Mikhail Somov, and Arthur Freed. After her are Ivan Petrovsky, Ōten Shimokawa, Brigitte Reimann, Åke Borg, Vladimír Syrovátka, and Sidney Blackmer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Memphis Minnie ranks 8,075 out of 20,380. Before her are Robin Givens (1964), Lee Unkrich (1967), Patti Austin (1950), Elliott H. Lieb (1932), Francis Parker Yockey (1917), and Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969). After her are Faith Hill (1967), Richard Scarry (1919), Sara Gilbert (1975), Albert W. Hull (1880), Lori Petty (1963), and Jeffrey Eugenides (1960).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Memphis Minnie ranks 591. Before her are Neal Schon (1954), Lyle Mays (1953), Derek Sherinian (1966), Johnny Dodds (1892), Larry Williams (1935), and Johnny Mandel (1925). After her are James P. Johnson (1894), Mike Patton (1968), Kyle Eastwood (1968), Gilby Clarke (1962), Jimmy Giuffre (1921), and Daryl Stuermer (1952).

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