MUSICIAN

T-Bone Walker

1910 - 1975

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Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of T-Bone Walker has received more than 1,005,009 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). T-Bone Walker is the 802nd most popular musician (down from 696th in 2019), the 4,026th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,601st in 2019) and the 251st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, T-Bone Walker ranks 802 out of 3,175. Before him are Benny Benassi, Herbert Grönemeyer, Marky Ramone, Al Stewart, Vanessa-Mae, and Osvaldo Pugliese. After him are Gilbert O'Sullivan, Maynard Ferguson, Desmond Dekker, Todd Rundgren, Pharoah Sanders, and Domenico Montagnana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, T-Bone Walker ranks 162. Before him are Wilfred Thesiger, Georgios Zoitakis, Kelly Johnson, Hideo Shinojima, Qian Zhongshu, and Pierre Musy. After him are Gus Hall, Helmut Kunz, George C. Homans, Ennio Flaiano, Cyril Cusack, and José María Guido. Among people deceased in 1975, T-Bone Walker ranks 114. Before him are William Hartnell, Sisowath Sirik Matak, W. V. D. Hodge, Olga Bergholz, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, and Hideo Shinojima. After him are Joseph Guillemot, Hans Jordan, Hugo Österman, José María Guido, Aníbal Troilo, and Anthony McAuliffe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, T-Bone Walker ranks 4,026 out of 20,380. Before him are Allen Iverson (1975), Penny Marshall (1943), Edwin H. Land (1909), Marky Ramone (1952), Marla Maples (1963), and Charles Geschke (1939). After him are Jennifer Tilly (1958), Harvey Cushing (1869), Denis O'Hare (1962), Ambrose Burnside (1824), Luther Burbank (1849), and Charles W. Gilmore (1874).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, T-Bone Walker ranks 251. Before him are Gary Burton (1943), Grover Washington Jr. (1943), Scott Walker (1943), Stewart Copeland (1952), Krist Novoselic (1965), and Marky Ramone (1952). After him are Todd Rundgren (1948), Pharoah Sanders (1940), Yusef Lateef (1920), Chuck Schuldiner (1967), Adam Levine (1979), and Dee Dee Warwick (1942).

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