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Roy Buchanan

1939 - 1988

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Leroy "Roy" Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues rock musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan worked as a sideman and as a solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career and two later solo albums that made it to the Billboard chart. He never achieved stardom, but is considered a highly influential guitar player. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Buchanan has received more than 1,362,797 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Roy Buchanan is the 857th most popular musician (down from 785th in 2019), the 4,235th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,954th in 2019) and the 268th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Roy Buchanan ranks 857 out of 3,175. Before him are Orhan Gencebay, Herman Rarebell, Eric Ericson, Michael Brecker, Angélique Kidjo, and Nicanor Zabaleta. After him are Freddie Hubbard, Johann Gottfried Piefke, Adam Clayton, Jordan Rudess, Ingo Schwichtenberg, and Åse Kleveland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Roy Buchanan ranks 249. Before him are Yury Glazkov, Vladimir Ivashov, John Pilger, Charles Jencks, Peter Mayle, and Patrick Wayne. After him are Ljiljana Petrović, Gila Almagor, Ileana Cotrubaș, Stephen Cook, Tigran Mansurian, and Ryozo Suzuki. Among people deceased in 1988, Roy Buchanan ranks 115. Before him are Pál Titkos, Gaston Eyskens, Ulanhu, Pietro Arcari, Son House, and Shen Congwen. After him are Marcel Bozzuffi, Daniel Guérin, Herbert Feigl, Nikolay Makarov, Fazlur Rahman Malik, and Josep Tarradellas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Buchanan ranks 4,235 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Johnston (1950), Newt Gingrich (1943), Alexander Payne (1961), James Longstreet (1821), Dwight L. Moody (1837), and Jim Davis (1945). After him are Freddie Hubbard (1938), Jesse Jane (1980), Aldo Leopold (1887), Imogen Cunningham (1883), Jeannette Rankin (1880), and Fanny Bullock Workman (1859).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Roy Buchanan ranks 268. Before him are Stanley Clarke (1951), Joe Walsh (1947), Alice Coltrane (1937), Son House (1902), Berry Gordy (1929), and Michael Brecker (1949). After him are Freddie Hubbard (1938), Jordan Rudess (1956), Richie Havens (1941), J. J. Johnson (1924), Layne Staley (1967), and Hugh McDonald (1950).

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