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Lightnin' Hopkins

1912 - 1982

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Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. The musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick opined that Hopkins is "the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Lightnin' Hopkins is the 1,361st most popular singer (down from 1,179th in 2024), the 7,457th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,003rd in 2019) and the 376th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lightnin' Hopkins ranks 1,361 out of 4,381. Before him are Tetsuya Komuro, Katy Bødtger, George Baker, Steve Porcaro, Marilyn Miller, and Johnny Mathis. After him are Sherrill Milnes, Anneliese Rothenberger, George Wassouf, Enrique Morente, Timo Kotipelto, and Danger Mouse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Lightnin' Hopkins ranks 292. Before him are Federico Saiz, Santiago Lovell, Morris Louis, Niginho, Eva Crane, and Alfred Aston. After him are Albert Richter, Rudolf Firkušný, Héctor Socorro, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Jean Vilar, and Gholam Reza Azhari. Among people deceased in 1982, Lightnin' Hopkins ranks 210. Before him are Elis Wiklund, Tomás Romero Pereira, Victor Buono, Beb Bakhuys, Boris Andreyev, and Alexander Abusch. After him are Katherine Rawls, Hal Foster, Jovan Miladinović, Francisco Martínez Soria, John Gardner, and Marvin Stalder.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lightnin' Hopkins ranks 7,458 out of 20,380. Before him are Victor Sen Yung (1914), Dan Ayrault (1935), Pamela Sue Martin (1953), Muhtar Kent (1952), and Barry Harris (1929). After him are Mary Beth Hurt (1946), Tazz (1967), Ruth Orkin (1921), Paul Costello (1894), Arthur Harnden (1924), Harry Beaumont (1888), and Margaret Qualley (1994).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Lightnin' Hopkins ranks 376. Before him are Yvonne Elliman (1951), Stephen Marley (1972), Roger McGuinn (1942), Steve Porcaro (1957), Marilyn Miller (1898), and Johnny Mathis (1935). After him are Sherrill Milnes (1935), Danger Mouse (1977), Shirley Verrett (1931), Junior Wells (1934), Kenny Dorham (1924), and Diane Warren (1956).

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