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Charley Patton

1891 - 1934

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Charlie Patton (April 1891 (probable) – April 28, 1934), more often spelled Charley Patton, was an American Delta blues musician and songwriter. Considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues", he created an enduring body of American music and inspired most Delta blues musicians. The musicologist Robert Palmer considered him one of the most important American musicians of the twentieth century. Patton (who was well educated by the standards of his time) spelled his name Charlie, but many sources, including record labels and his gravestone, use the spelling Charley. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charley Patton is the 166th most popular musician (up from 910th in 2019), the 1,125th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,447th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Charley Patton ranks 166 out of 3,175. Before him are Franz Berwald, A. R. Rahman, Ritchie Valens, Steve Howe, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and James Last. After him are Joseph Joachim, Pete Best, Lenny Kravitz, Ravi Shankar, Duff McKagan, and Giovanni Battista Viotti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Charley Patton ranks 30. Before him are Frederick Banting, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Alexander Rodchenko, Frank Costello, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, and Edward Bernays. After him are Henry Morgenthau Jr., Fumimaro Konoe, Carl Spaatz, Jose P. Laurel, Shukri al-Quwatli, and Michael Chekhov. Among people deceased in 1934, Charley Patton ranks 22. Before him are Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, John Dillinger, John Collier, Gustav Holst, Tōgō Heihachirō, and Augusto César Sandino. After him are Louis Barthou, Marinus van der Lubbe, Alice Liddell, Edmond James de Rothschild, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Siegbert Tarrasch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charley Patton ranks 1,125 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Seligman (1942), Gena Rowlands (1930), Dickinson W. Richards (1895), Dashiell Hammett (1894), Kenneth Arrow (1921), and Anne Sullivan (1866). After him are David Fincher (1962), Mahershala Ali (1974), George H. Hitchings (1905), Karl Barry Sharpless (1941), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), and L. Frank Baum (1856).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Charley Patton ranks 50. Before him are Nat King Cole (1919), Glenn Miller (1904), Chet Baker (1929), Woody Guthrie (1912), Benny Goodman (1909), and Ritchie Valens (1941). After him are Lenny Kravitz (1964), Duff McKagan (1964), Bill Evans (1929), Ray Manzarek (1939), Herbie Hancock (1940), and Lionel Richie (1949).

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