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Link Wray

1929 - 2005

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Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. (Dunn, Carolina del Norte, 2 de mayo de 1929 - Copenhague, 5 de noviembre de 2005) fue un guitarrista y cantante ocasional de los años cincuenta. Wray destaca por ser pionero en un nuevo sonido de guitarra eléctrica, como lo demuestra el éxito de la canción instrumental «Rumble» en 1958, de Link Wray and his Ray Men, que fue pionera en un overdrive, distorsión de sonido de guitarra eléctrica. También inventó el power chord, importante técnica de la guitarra de rock moderna, recurso muy utilizado en el punk y el hard rock.​ Rolling Stone incluyó a Link en el número 45 en su lista de los 100 guitarristas más grandes de todos los tiempos.​ Rumble de 1958, se hizo mundialmente conocida al ser utilizada en las películas Pulp Fiction, Blow e Independence Day. Leer más en Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Link Wray is the 757th most popular músico (up from 922nd in 2024), the 4,166th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,510th in 2019) and the 239th most popular American Músico.

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Among Músicos

Among músicos, Link Wray ranks 757 out of 3,175. Before him are Chrissie Hynde, Jack Sherman, Ahmad Jamal, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Tom Araya, and Danko Jones. After him are Deadmau5, Kenny Clarke, Adrien-François Servais, Klaus Tennstedt, Ilaiyaraaja, and Peter Machajdík.

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Among people born in 1929, Link Wray ranks 217. Before him are Adrienne Rich, Edison Denisov, Andrew Bertie, François Cheng, Karl Koller, and Christoph von Dohnányi. After him are Eric Carle, Luigi Taveri, Lee Hazlewood, Ronald Golias, Ronnie Biggs, and Hal Ashby. Among people deceased in 2005, Link Wray ranks 120. Before him are Tonino Delli Colli, Sandra Dee, Alain Bombard, Tilly Fleischer, Polina Astakhova, and Edward Bunker. After him are George Mikan, Jef Raskin, Leo Sternbach, Ronald Golias, Suzanne Flon, and Zurab Zhvania.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Link Wray ranks 4,166 out of 20,380. Before him are Dan Blocker (1928), Lucretia Mott (1793), Patty Duke (1946), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961), Eric Betzig (1960), and Jeralean Talley (1899). After him are Jerry Siegel (1914), Juliette Lewis (1973), Gloria Grahame (1923), Henry Armstrong (1912), Samuel Jones (1880), and Eric Carle (1929).

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Among Músicos In United States

Among músicos born in United States, Link Wray ranks 239. Before him are Johnny Horton (1925), Steve Gadd (1945), McCoy Tyner (1938), Chrissie Hynde (1951), Jack Sherman (1956), and Ahmad Jamal (1930). After him are Kenny Clarke (1914), Todd Rundgren (1948), Sly Stone (1943), Milt Jackson (1923), Walter Donaldson (1893), and Joe Walsh (1947).

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