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Manitas de Plata

1921 - 2014

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Ricardo Baliardo (7 August 1921 – 5 November 2014), better known as Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver"), was a French flamenco guitarist of Catalan Gitano descent, born in southern France. Despite achieving worldwide fame, he has been criticized for not following certain rhythmic rules, such as compás, that are traditional in flamenco. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manitas de Plata is the 571st most popular musician (down from 431st in 2019), the 2,562nd most popular biography from France (down from 2,111th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Manitas de Plata ranks 571 out of 3,175. Before him are Scott Bradley, Thom Yorke, Rita Lee, Dan McCafferty, David Marks, and Elisabeth Leonskaja. After him are Nick Simper, Mikhail Pletnev, Salvatore Accardo, Peter Cetera, The Boswell Sisters, and Tommy Bolin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Manitas de Plata ranks 149. Before him are Darío Moreno, Ann Savage, Abe Vigoda, Ilse Aichinger, Daniel Gélin, and Alphonse Massamba-Débat. After him are Louis Lachenal, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Malcolm Arnold, Sixto Durán Ballén, Alex Haley, and Esther Williams. Among people deceased in 2014, Manitas de Plata ranks 134. Before him are Assi Dayan, Robert Hansen, Leslie Manigat, Ana María Matute, Karlheinz Deschner, and Serge Moscovici. After him are Anatoly Berezovoy, Larry Scott, Bob Hastings, Paul Wild, Jeremy Thorpe, and Alicia Rhett.

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In France

Among people born in France, Manitas de Plata ranks 2,562 out of 6,770. Before him are Walter of Châtillon (1135), Gustave Boulanger (1824), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), César-François Cassini de Thury (1714), Laurent Fignon (1960), and Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (1701). After him are Émile Combes (1835), Charles Munch (1891), Paul Du Chaillu (1835), Louis Couperin (1626), René Fonck (1894), and John I, Duke of Brittany (1217).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Manitas de Plata ranks 23. Before him are Marguerite Long (1874), Maurice André (1933), Michel Polnareff (1944), François Habeneck (1781), André Navarra (1911), and Yann Tiersen (1970). After him are Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944), Ginette Neveu (1919), Michel Sogny (1947), Jean-Delphin Alard (1815), Jacques Loussier (1934), and Michel Petrucciani (1962).

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