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Captain Beefheart

1941 - 2010

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Don Van Vliet (; born 'Don Glen Vliet'; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. Conducting a rotating ensemble known as the Magic Band, he recorded 13 studio albums between 1967 and 1982. His music blended elements of blues, free jazz, rock, and avant-garde composition with idiosyncratic rhythms, absurdist wordplay, and Vliet’s gravelly singing voice with a wide vocal range. He began performing in his Captain Beefheart persona in 1964, when he joined the original Magic Band line-up. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Captain Beefheart is the 686th most popular musician (down from 595th in 2019), the 3,830th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,050th in 2019) and the 210th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Captain Beefheart ranks 686 out of 3,175. Before him are Eric Singer, Philip Selway, Steve Jones, Liam Gallagher, Stephen Kovacevich, and Lindsey Buckingham. After him are Kenny Loggins, Jadranka Stojaković, Paul Tortelier, Jeff Porcaro, Eric Woolfson, and Rudolf Barshai.

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Among people born in 1941, Captain Beefheart ranks 228. Before him are R. James Woolsey Jr., Menzies Campbell, Tom Fogerty, Josep Maria Fusté, Harald Nielsen, and Muhammad Mustafa Mero. After him are Yevhen Marchuk, Andrés García, Eric Braeden, George Pell, Wilson Pickett, and Christopher Connelly. Among people deceased in 2010, Captain Beefheart ranks 136. Before him are Cécile Aubry, Georges Wilson, Raimon Panikkar, Charlie Hickcox, Werner Schroeter, and Bogdan Bogdanović. After him are Trevor Taylor, Raymond Franz, Bobby Smith, Rudolf Barshai, Peter Steele, and Herbert Erhardt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Captain Beefheart ranks 3,830 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Davi (1953), Candice King (1987), Arthur Janov (1924), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Cy Twombly (1928), and Johnny Kitagawa (1931). After him are Carl Brashear (1931), Gerard Damiano (1928), Dee Wallace (1948), Kenny Loggins (1948), Peter Strauss (1947), and Dolley Madison (1768).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Captain Beefheart ranks 210. Before him are Ben Webster (1909), Tico Torres (1953), Tom Fogerty (1941), Eric Singer (1958), Stephen Kovacevich (1940), and Lindsey Buckingham (1949). After him are Kenny Loggins (1948), Jeff Porcaro (1954), Chaka Khan (1953), Jelly Roll Morton (1890), Suzanne Vega (1959), and Rufus Wainwright (1973).

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