MUSICIAN

Tampa Red

1903 - 1981

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Hudson Whittaker (born Hudson Woodbridge; January 8, 1903 – March 19, 1981), known as Tampa Red, was an American Chicago blues musician. His distinctive single-string slide guitar style, songwriting and bottleneck technique influenced other Chicago blues guitarists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Nighthawk, Muddy Waters, and Elmore James. In a career spanning over 30 years, he also recorded pop, R&B and hokum songs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tampa Red has received more than 245,015 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tampa Red is the 2,376th most popular musician, the 12,809th most popular biography from United States and the 974th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tampa Red ranks 2,376 out of 3,175. Before him are Pat Mastelotto, Ronnie Montrose, Guthrie Govan, Joshua Redman, Jacky Terrasson, and Mikael Stanne. After him are Bob Wills, Chris Frantz, Andy LaRocque, Ontronik Khachaturian, Jani Liimatainen, and Lisa Batiashvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Tampa Red ranks 366. Before him are Al Hirschfeld, George E. Stone, Ray Noble, Countee Cullen, Stuart Erwin, and John Davis Lodge. After him are Sybil Bauer, Estes Kefauver, Dorothy Mackaill, Barbara Bedford, Ralph Yarborough, and Frankie Carle. Among people deceased in 1981, Tampa Red ranks 291. Before him are Clarence Oldfield, Douglas Lowe, Patsy Kelly, Lowell Thomas, Fidel LaBarba, and Graham Whitehead. After him are Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Doug Livingstone, Bosley Crowther, Madge Evans, Ella Grasso, and Barbara Bedford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tampa Red ranks 12,809 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Romanek (1959), Carmelita Geraghty (1901), Steve Earle (1955), Greg Nicotero (1963), Pamela Fryman (1959), and Caldwell Esselstyn (1933). After him are Newton Thomas Sigel (1955), Joe DeLoach (1967), Jeff Gordon (1971), Gabourey Sidibe (1983), Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (1953), and Patrick Volkerding (1966).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Tampa Red ranks 974. Before him are Kid Cudi (1984), Armand van Helden (1970), Pat O'Brien (1968), Pat Mastelotto (1955), Ronnie Montrose (1947), and Joshua Redman (1969). After him are Bob Wills (1905), Chris Frantz (1951), Ontronik Khachaturian (1975), Vonda Shepard (1963), Joe Boyd (1942), and Kathleen Hanna (1968).

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