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Carey Bell

1936 - 2007

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Carey Bell Harrington (November 14, 1936 – May 6, 2007) was an American blues musician who played harmonica in the Chicago blues style. Bell played harmonica and bass guitar for other blues musicians from the late 1950s to the early 1970s before embarking on a solo career. Besides his own albums, he recorded as an accompanist or duo artist with Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk, Lowell Fulson, Eddie Taylor, Louisiana Red and Jimmy Dawkins and was a frequent partner with his son, the guitarist Lurrie Bell. Blues Revue called Bell "one of Chicago's finest harpists." The Chicago Tribune said Bell was "a terrific talent in the tradition of Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter." In 2023, he was inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Carey Bell is the 1,823rd most popular musician (up from 1,977th in 2024), the 9,714th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,110th in 2019) and the 700th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Carey Bell ranks 1,823 out of 3,175. Before him are Johnny Dodds, Booker T. Jones, Leonidas Kavakos, Holly Johnson, Kim Kashkashian, and Magic Slim. After him are George Gruntz, Bill Black, Tadd Dameron, Tobias Sammet, Christopher Franke, and Jimmy Garrison.

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Among people born in 1936, Carey Bell ranks 493. Before him are Hugh Anderson, Isaac Berger, Ernest Shonekan, Jerónimo Saavedra, Hal Greer, and Margaret Mahy. After him are Dimitar Largov, Robert F. Overmyer, David Hess, Herbert Boyer, Tunne Kelam, and Anna Maria Alberghetti. Among people deceased in 2007, Carey Bell ranks 353. Before him are David Halberstam, Fred Saberhagen, Muhammad Osman Said, Fenny Heemskerk, José Antonio Roca, and Jurga Ivanauskaitė. After him are Claude Netter, Aleksandr Dedyushko, Dragutin Tadijanović, The Fabulous Moolah, Tamara Nosova, and Leslie Orgel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carey Bell ranks 9,716 out of 20,380. Before him are Herman Chernoff (1923), Jon Turteltaub (1963), Teddy Pendergrass (1950), Rick Carlisle (1959), Magic Slim (1937), and David Frankel (1959). After him are Harry Blanchard (1929), Edie Adams (1927), Catherine E. Coulson (1943), Frank Piasecki (1919), David A. Johnston (1949), and Jeff Scott Soto (1965).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Carey Bell ranks 700. Before him are Van Dyke Parks (1943), Max Weinberg (1951), Johnny Dodds (1892), Booker T. Jones (1944), Kim Kashkashian (1952), and Magic Slim (1937). After him are Bill Black (1926), Tadd Dameron (1917), Jimmy Garrison (1934), Utada Hikaru (1983), Bobby Hutcherson (1941), and Bootsy Collins (1951).

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