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MUSICIAN

Memphis Slim

1915 - 1988

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John Len Chatman (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988), known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Memphis Slim has received more than 277,342 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Memphis Slim is the 1,260th most popular musician (down from 1,119th in 2019), the 6,250th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,549th in 2019) and the 470th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Memphis Slim ranks 1,260 out of 2,662. Before him are Andy Bown, Nikos Xilouris, Ralph Towner, John Myung, Issay Dobrowen, and Abraham Laboriel. After him are Martin Garrix, Bernie Leadon, Andrew Loog Oldham, Mark Isham, Imants Kalniņš, and Luther Allison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Memphis Slim ranks 184. Before him are Edmond Leburton, O. W. Fischer, Julio César Méndez Montenegro, Margarita Aliger, Joseph Arthur Ankrah, and Vic Buckingham. After him are Stu Hart, Anna Schwartz, Eugène Martin, Elio Toaff, Joe Fry, and Boris Andreyev. Among people deceased in 1988, Memphis Slim ranks 154. Before him are María Teresa León, Liang Shuming, Louis Versyp, Andrei Glanzmann, Anatoli Maslyonkin, and Enzo Sacchi. After him are Joseph Wresinski, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Colleen Moore, Louise Nevelson, Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, and Shōhei Ōoka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Memphis Slim ranks 6,250 out of 18,182. Before him are Casey Kasem (1932), Lhasa de Sela (1972), Ben Sharpsteen (1895), Jerry Van Dyke (1931), Leo Buscaglia (1924), and Stephen Sommers (1962). After him are Mayim Bialik (1975), Jimmy Durante (1893), Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), Sandra Harding (1935), Bernie Leadon (1947), and Harold Brown (1927).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Memphis Slim ranks 470. Before him are Blind Willie McTell (1898), Mary Travers (1936), Chico Hamilton (1921), Pat Smear (1959), Ralph Towner (1940), and John Myung (1967). After him are Bernie Leadon (1947), Mark Isham (1951), Luther Allison (1939), Ray Parker Jr. (1954), Peter Tork (1942), and Randy Brecker (1945).

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