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Johnny Rebel

1938 - 2016

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Clifford Joseph Trahan (September 25, 1938 – September 3, 2016), better known by the stage names Johnny Rebel, Pee Wee Trahan, Filthy McNasty, Jericho Jones, and many other pseudonyms, was an American singer-songwriter known for his openly racist songs. He used the Johnny Rebel name to voice sympathy for racial segregation, the KKK, and the Confederacy, and frequently used the racial slur "Nigger". He used Pee Wee Trahan for more mainstream, family-friendly country music that focused on themes such as love, dancing, and rural life, and Filthy McNasty for sexually explicit lyrics. The Johnny Rebel name, inspired by Johnny Reb, the national personification of the common soldier of the Confederate States Army, was used for J. D. "Jay" Miller's Reb Rebel label in the 1960s in response to the civil rights movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johnny Rebel is the 508th most popular singer (up from 2,112th in 2019), the 3,157th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,354th in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Johnny Rebel ranks 508 out of 4,381. Before him are Pérez Prado, Mia Martini, Stromae, Paula Abdul, Isabelle Aubret, and Katy Perry. After him are Esther Ofarim, Maria Bethânia, Natalie Cole, Randy Newman, Brenda Lee, and Kaliopi.

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Among people born in 1938, Johnny Rebel ranks 167. Before him are Vakhtang Kikabidze, Jaswant Singh, Benjamin Mkapa, Jan Assmann, Isabelle Aubret, and Hermann Nitsch. After him are Félix Mourinho, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Astrid Kirchherr, David Bailey, Ronny Cox, and Altair Gomes de Figueiredo. Among people deceased in 2016, Johnny Rebel ranks 156. Before him are Oleg Popov, Fredrik Barth, Paulo Evaristo Arns, Erich Rudorffer, Maurice White, and Isao Tomita. After him are Victor Stănculescu, Richard Adams, Lola Novaković, Peter Vaughan, Guy Hamilton, and Juan Gabriel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Rebel ranks 3,157 out of 20,380. Before him are Katy Perry (1984), George B. McClellan (1826), John Taylor (1883), John Leslie (1945), Walter Lantz (1899), and Tom Sizemore (1961). After him are Annie Sprinkle (1954), Robert W. Wood (1868), Lead Belly (1888), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Natalie Cole (1950), and Randy Newman (1943).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Johnny Rebel ranks 166. Before him are Al Martino (1927), SZA (1990), Toby Keith (1961), Marian Anderson (1897), Paula Abdul (1962), and Katy Perry (1984). After him are Natalie Cole (1950), Randy Newman (1943), Brenda Lee (1944), Bobby Brown (1969), Dusty Hill (1949), and Billy Preston (1946).

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