MUSICIAN

Slim Harpo

1924 - 1970

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Slim Harpo (born Isiah Moore or James Isaac Moore; February 11, 1924 – January 31, 1970) was an American blues musician, a leading exponent of the swamp blues style, and "one of the most commercially successful blues artists of his day". He played guitar and was a master of the blues harmonica, known in blues circles as a "harp". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Slim Harpo has received more than 389,371 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Slim Harpo is the 1,434th most popular musician (up from 1,504th in 2019), the 7,210th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,522nd in 2019) and the 514th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Slim Harpo ranks 1,434 out of 3,175. Before him are Laurent Voulzy, Georg Kulenkampff, Timothy B. Schmit, Christian Zacharias, Hubert Sumlin, and Bob Daisley. After him are Francesco De Gregori, Nat Adderley, Janis Ian, Luther Allison, Jay Kay, and Sonny Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Slim Harpo ranks 354. Before him are Adelaida Avagyan, Aron Gurevich, Mohamed Benhima, Yoshiaki Arata, Sabine Weiss, and Arkady Vorobyov. After him are Armand Gatti, Buddy Hackett, Ron Moody, Julio Musimessi, David Marshall Lang, and Thorbjørn Svenssen. Among people deceased in 1970, Slim Harpo ranks 204. Before him are Christopher Kelk Ingold, Valerio Arri, Cyril Scott, Andrejs Upīts, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Ernst Krebs. After him are John O'Hara, Louisa Bolus, Edward Everett Horton, Adam Rapacki, Panagiotis Pipinelis, and Karel Pešek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Slim Harpo ranks 7,210 out of 20,380. Before him are Frederick Seitz (1911), Vincent Spano (1962), Charles Sheeler (1883), Elaine May (1932), Gloria Jones (1945), and Michael E. Brown (1965). After him are David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Lucinda Williams (1937), Bob Menendez (1954), Jocelyn Brando (1919), Taylor Kinney (1981), and Ginnifer Goodwin (1978).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Slim Harpo ranks 514. Before him are Vinny Appice (1957), Steve Aoki (1977), Dizzy Reed (1963), Mick Thomson (1973), Timothy B. Schmit (1947), and Hubert Sumlin (1931). After him are Nat Adderley (1931), Janis Ian (1951), Luther Allison (1939), Sonny Clark (1931), Diamanda Galás (1955), and Oscar Pettiford (1922).

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