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Larry Graham

1946 - Today

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Larry Graham Jr. (born August 14, 1946) is an American bassist and baritone singer, with the psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station. In 1980, he released the single "One in a Million You", which reached the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100. He is credited with the invention of the slapping technique on the electric bass guitar, which radically expanded the tonal palette of the bass, although he himself refers to the technique as "thumpin' and pluckin'". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Graham is the 1,504th most popular musician (down from 1,448th in 2019), the 7,835th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,286th in 2019) and the 551st most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Larry Graham ranks 1,504 out of 3,175. Before him are Gackt, Noel Rosa, Ronnie Drew, Andreas Kisser, Mic Michaeli, and Jay Kay. After him are Lester Bowie, Chris Stein, Robben Ford, Patrick Moraz, Oscar Pettiford, and Damian Marley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Larry Graham ranks 548. Before him are Harald Irmscher, Tom Walkinshaw, Vladimir Muntyan, Emily de Jongh-Elhage, Antonis Antoniadis, and Duygu Asena. After him are Valeria Bufanu, Georges Bereta, Yekaterina Gradova, Daša Drndić, Helen Shapiro, and Erich Beer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Graham ranks 7,837 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Armstrong (1890), Lori Singer (1957), Ollie Johnston (1912), Vanessa Marcil (1968), Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), and Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822). After him are John Frederick Kensett (1816), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), Verna Bloom (1938), Earl Tupper (1907), Bob Lazar (1959), and Candace Bushnell (1958).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Larry Graham ranks 551. Before him are Gene Pitney (1940), Mal Waldron (1925), Jennifer Batten (1957), Tony Scott (1921), Joseph Williams (1960), and Allen Collins (1952). After him are Lester Bowie (1941), Chris Stein (1950), Robben Ford (1951), Oscar Pettiford (1922), Brendan O'Brien (1960), and George Winston (1949).

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