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Dickey Betts

1943 - 2024

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Forrest Richard Betts (December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as a longtime member of the Allman Brothers Band. A co-founder of the band when it formed in 1969, he was central to the group's greatest commercial success in the mid-1970s, and was the writer and vocalist on the Allmans' hit single "Ramblin' Man". The Allman Brothers Band broke up and re-formed twice, always with Betts in the lineup, until he left the band in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dickey Betts is the 1,739th most popular musician (up from 1,862nd in 2019), the 9,181st most popular biography from United States (up from 9,429th in 2019) and the 656th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dickey Betts ranks 1,739 out of 3,175. Before him are Nick Menza, Takeoff, Garrick Ohlsson, Gail Ann Dorsey, Steve Hillage, and Bernie Marsden. After him are Matthias Reim, Mary Wilson, Julieta Venegas, J. B. Lenoir, Dave Navarro, and Shantel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Dickey Betts ranks 576. Before him are Liu Chao-shiuan, Steven Pressfield, Dan Coats, Florence Ballard, Bill Bradley, and Roger Kolo. After him are Manfred Wolke, Jimmy Hart, Gil Gerard, Lajos Szűcs, Mirsad Fazlagić, and Nobuko Imai. Among people deceased in 2024, Dickey Betts ranks 413. Before him are Chita Rivera, Timothy West, Laurent Cantet, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Benji Gregory, and Klaus Wunder. After him are Manfred Wolke, Jorge Griffa, John Prescott, Pascal Hervé, Tonči Gabrić, and Richard Tandy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dickey Betts ranks 9,183 out of 20,380. Before him are Chanel Preston (1985), Gladys George (1904), Francis Parker Yockey (1917), Fred Hampton (1948), Russell Simpson (1880), and Jay Silvester (1937). After him are Cliff Bourland (1921), John N. Bahcall (1934), Robert Nisbet (1913), Jamie Farr (1934), John Torrey (1796), and James Worthy (1961).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Dickey Betts ranks 656. Before him are Charlie Byrd (1925), Charles Lloyd (1938), Brad Mehldau (1970), Takeoff (1994), Garrick Ohlsson (1948), and Gail Ann Dorsey (1962). After him are Mary Wilson (1944), Julieta Venegas (1970), J. B. Lenoir (1929), Dave Navarro (1967), Ray Anthony (1922), and Erykah Badu (1971).

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