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Magic Sam

1937 - 1969

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Samuel Gene Maghett (February 14, 1937 – December 1, 1969), known as Magic Sam, was an American Chicago blues musician. He was born in Grenada County, Mississippi, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. After moving to Chicago at the age of 19, he was signed by Cobra Records and became well known as a bluesman after the release of his first record, "All Your Love", in 1957. He was known for his distinctive tremolo guitar playing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Magic Sam is the 1,883rd most popular singer (down from 1,826th in 2019), the 10,302nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,762nd in 2019) and the 504th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Magic Sam ranks 1,883 out of 4,381. Before him are Annie, Nicole Appleton, Jessi, Tony Cetinski, Roky Erickson, and Amalie Materna. After him are Tonicha, Mavis Staples, Teddy Sinclair, Esther Phillips, Danijela Martinović, and Andriy Kuzmenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Magic Sam ranks 498. Before him are Gregory Sierra, Eddie Floyd, Bessie Head, Tatyana Talysheva, Juan Lezcano, and Susan Hampshire. After him are Léo Lacroix, Franco De Piccoli, C. R. Hagen, Sergio Aragonés, Julian Barbour, and Viktor Zubkov. Among people deceased in 1969, Magic Sam ranks 227. Before him are Ivy Compton-Burnett, Bess Meredyth, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Raymond Flacher, Zheng Junli, and Viktor Vinogradov. After him are Petras Klimas, Charles Brackett, Martita Hunt, Bogumił Kobiela, Rodolfo Choperena, and Barbara Bates.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Magic Sam ranks 10,304 out of 20,380. Before him are Howard Hanson (1896), Leon Schlesinger (1884), Jason Kidd (1973), Riley Keough (1989), Sylvia Rivera (1951), and James Corson (1906). After him are Norman Kerry (1894), Bruce Broughton (1945), Cedar Walton (1934), T. J. Thyne (1975), Mae Questel (1908), and Tom Brokaw (1940).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Magic Sam ranks 504. Before him are Chris Barnes (1967), Ray Gillen (1959), P. P. Arnold (1946), Rakim (1968), Jessi (1988), and Roky Erickson (1947). After him are Mavis Staples (1939), Esther Phillips (1935), Mary Ford (1924), Billy Eckstine (1914), Aaron Neville (1941), and Glenn Medeiros (1970).

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