MUSICIAN

Sleepy John Estes

1899 - 1977

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John Adam Estes (January 25, 1899 or 1900 – June 5, 1977), known as Sleepy John Estes, was an American blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sleepy John Estes has received more than 244,234 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sleepy John Estes is the 2,068th most popular musician (down from 1,897th in 2019), the 10,726th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,752nd in 2019) and the 816th most popular American Musician.

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  • 240k

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  • 50.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Sleepy John Estes ranks 2,068 out of 3,175Before him are Rob Bailey, Kai Winding, Bret Michaels, Paul Oakenfold, Brian Bennett, and Ane Brun. After him are Cristina Branco, Patrick Leonard, The Boswell Sisters, Pierre Bastien, Alex Christensen, and Terry Chimes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Sleepy John Estes ranks 300Before him are Anders Petersen, Irena Krzywicka, Alfred Mosher Butts, Francis Lederer, Jaroslav Skobla, and Justin McCarthy. After him are Virgil Jacomini, Alden Sanborn, Glenn Strange, Carlyle S. Beals, Kazimierz Laskowski, and Carlos P. Romulo. Among people deceased in 1977, Sleepy John Estes ranks 259Before him are Ricardo Cortez, Bob Skelton, Guy Lombardo, Ernő Nagy, Johannes Terwogt, and Ivan Artobolevsky. After him are Alan Reed, Ruth Moufang, Odd Frantzen, Gertrude Abercrombie, Billy Gonsalves, and Andy Auld.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sleepy John Estes ranks 10,726 out of 20,380Before him are Stephen Dunham (1964), Maggie Siff (1974), John C. Stennis (1901), Ken Berry (1933), Emma Willard (1787), and Merritt Giffin (1887). After him are Susan Rice (1964), Ruth Ford (1911), Mildrette Netter (1948), Logan Marshall-Green (1976), Marv Wolfman (1946), and Ava Max (1994).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Sleepy John Estes ranks 816Before him are Scott Asheton (1949), Malcolm Bilson (1935), Sam Jones (1924), Merle Travis (1917), Alex Chilton (1950), and Bret Michaels (1963). After him are Patrick Leonard (1956), The Game (1979), Victor Wooten (1964), Michael Clarke (1946), Chino Moreno (1973), and Lowell George (1945).