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Floyd Council

1911 - 1976

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Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, mandolin player, and singer. He was a practitioner of the Piedmont blues, which was popular in the southeastern United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He was sometimes credited as Dipper Boy Council and promoted as "The Devil's Daddy-in-Law". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Floyd Council is the 915th most popular musician (down from 824th in 2019), the 4,857th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,135th in 2019) and the 302nd most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Floyd Council ranks 915 out of 3,175. Before him are Wanda Jackson, Gary Burton, Roy Thomas Baker, Bismillah Khan, Tommy Johnson, and Herbert Grönemeyer. After him are Dee Dee Warwick, Neil Peart, Aarre Merikanto, Jim Hall, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, and Mulatu Astatke.

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Among people born in 1911, Floyd Council ranks 168. Before him are Nello Pagani, Hans Münch, Hume Cronyn, Anatoly Rybakov, Gabriel Almond, and Paul Augustin Mayer. After him are Guy Burgess, Heinz von Foerster, René Barjavel, Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and Grote Reber. Among people deceased in 1976, Floyd Council ranks 130. Before him are Giuseppe Cavanna, Armen Ohanian, Sergei Shtemenko, Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, Nikolay Nosov, and Pál Turán. After him are Paul Gallico, Yakov Zak, Pierre Jean Jouve, Rudolph Minkowski, Maria Klenova, and Imogen Cunningham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Floyd Council ranks 4,857 out of 20,380. Before him are Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Peter Benchley (1940), George Pullman (1831), Tommy Johnson (1896), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), and Louis J. Mordell (1888). After him are Lamar Smith (1947), Paul Reiser (1957), Amanda Plummer (1957), Kenny Johnson (1963), Dee Dee Warwick (1942), and Gall (1840).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Floyd Council ranks 302. Before him are Art Pepper (1925), Al Kooper (1944), Blackie Lawless (1956), Wanda Jackson (1937), Gary Burton (1943), and Tommy Johnson (1896). After him are Dee Dee Warwick (1942), Jim Hall (1930), Jimmy Smith (1925), Pat Mastelotto (1955), Max Roach (1924), and James Ingram (1952).

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