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Tony Joe White

1943 - 2018

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Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018), nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but which was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who was a friend of White's. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Joe White has received more than 1,240,938 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Tony Joe White is the 1,162nd most popular musician (down from 1,013th in 2019), the 5,689th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,964th in 2019) and the 408th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tony Joe White ranks 1,162 out of 3,175. Before him are Afrojack, Jimmie Nicol, Abraham Laboriel, Rolf Løvland, Frankie Laine, and Alexander Gradsky. After him are Mike Stern, Ole Beich, Jimmy Bain, Valery Afanassiev, Ian Stuart Donaldson, and Martin Barre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Tony Joe White ranks 396. Before him are Frances Lee McCain, Bernd Patzke, Robert Durst, Hwang Sok-yong, Juan Giménez, and Jaak Panksepp. After him are Peter Sinfield, Janet Margolin, John Lennox, Androulla Vassiliou, James L. Elliot, and Butler Lampson. Among people deceased in 2018, Tony Joe White ranks 263. Before him are Claudio Scimone, Sergio Gonella, Jennifer Welles, David Cherkassky, Theodor Hoffmann, and Adolf Grünbaum. After him are Vladimír Weiss, María Dolores Pradera, Dave Holland, Marty Balin, Barbara Harris, and Ehsan Yarshater.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Joe White ranks 5,689 out of 20,380. Before him are Edna Ferber (1885), Frankie Laine (1913), Adele Goldberg (1945), Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810), John C. Lilly (1915), and Tommy Rettig (1941). After him are Mike Stern (1953), James B. Donovan (1916), Eric Shinseki (1942), Sandra Bernhard (1955), Michael Spinks (1956), and John Patrick Foley (1935).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Tony Joe White ranks 408. Before him are Joey Kramer (1950), Country Joe McDonald (1942), Big Bill Broonzy (1903), Desmond Child (1953), Ray Barretto (1929), and Frankie Laine (1913). After him are Mike Stern (1953), Jorma Kaukonen (1940), Terry Bozzio (1950), Big Joe Turner (1911), Kate Pierson (1948), and Linda Perry (1965).

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