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Willie Dixon

1915 - 1992

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William James Dixon (July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he is perhaps best known as one of the most prolific songwriters of his time. Next to Muddy Waters, Dixon is recognized as the most influential person in shaping the post–World War II sound of the Chicago blues.Dixon's songs have been recorded by countless musicians in many genres as well as by various ensembles in which he participated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willie Dixon has received more than 1,363,942 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Willie Dixon is the 760th most popular musician (down from 610th in 2019), the 3,844th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,177th in 2019) and the 248th most popular American Musician.

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  • 51.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Willie Dixon ranks 760 out of 2,662. Before him are Elvin Jones, Theo Jörgensmann, Harold Faltermeyer, Wanda Jackson, Peter Hammill, and Johann Gottfried Piefke. After him are Maynard Ferguson, Krist Novoselic, Fats Waller, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Osvaldo Pugliese, and Oliver Riedel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Willie Dixon ranks 117. Before him are Caterina Boratto, Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Takeshi Kamo, Paul Castellano, and Norman Wisdom. After him are Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Hoàng Văn Thái, John Tukey, Tim, John C. Lilly, and Helmut Wick. Among people deceased in 1992, Willie Dixon ranks 124. Before him are László Benedek, Hal Roach, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Robert Morley, Richard Hartshorne, and Giovanni Colombo. After him are Borislav Pekić, Emilio Recoba, Michel Berger, Hammer DeRoburt, Jack Arnold, and Sylvain Arend.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willie Dixon ranks 3,844 out of 18,182. Before him are Wanda Jackson (1937), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), Bill Cobbs (1934), James Turrell (1943), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), and Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898). After him are James Mark Baldwin (1861), Thomas Gibson (1962), Larry Semon (1889), Benjamin Tucker (1854), David Koch (1940), and Jesse Ventura (1951).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Willie Dixon ranks 248. Before him are Charlie Haden (1937), Marcus Miller (1959), Richie Havens (1941), Scott Bradley (1891), Elvin Jones (1927), and Wanda Jackson (1937). After him are Krist Novoselic (1965), Fats Waller (1904), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Taj Mahal (1942), Steve Lukather (1957), and Teddy Wilson (1912).

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