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Memphis Minnie

1897 - 1973

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Lizzie Douglas (June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973), better known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted for over three decades. She recorded around 200 songs, some of the best known being "When the Levee Breaks", "Me and My Chauffeur Blues", "Bumble Bee" and "Nothing in Rambling". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Memphis Minnie is the 1,556th most popular musician (up from 1,609th in 2019), the 8,153rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,077th in 2019) and the 578th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Memphis Minnie ranks 1,556 out of 3,175. Before her are Ryo Kawasaki, Henry Padovani, Kenny Barron, Wilko Johnson, Roy Wood, and Jolin Tsai. After her are Joshua Bell, Laurent Voulzy, Nujabes, Daniel Lanois, Zoot Sims, and Johnny Griffin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Memphis Minnie ranks 256. Before her are Aleksandra Khokhlova, Adolph Deutsch, Gerhard Lamprecht, Knudåge Riisager, Kálmán Tihanyi, and Muriel Freeman. After her are Henri Dulieux, Ferruccio Novo, Yang Zhongjian, Theodora Kroeber, Edward Moore, and George Murdock. Among people deceased in 1973, Memphis Minnie ranks 224. Before her are Mahmud Taymur, Robert Armstrong, Estanislau de Figueiredo Pamplona, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Alberto Denegri, and Constance Talmadge. After her are Ivan Petrovsky, Raymond Schwartz, Betty Field, Robert Buron, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, and Brigitte Reimann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Memphis Minnie ranks 8,155 out of 20,380. Before her are Patrick Mahomes (1995), Curtis Axel (1979), Brad Renfro (1982), Amerie (1980), Deborah Shelton (1948), and Angus Scrimm (1926). After her are Little Eva (1943), Pete Docter (1968), Marc Alaimo (1942), Eleanor Powell (1912), Alex Rodriguez (1975), and Jamie Hyneman (1956).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Memphis Minnie ranks 578. Before her are David Hungate (1948), Ontronik Khachaturian (1975), Memphis Slim (1915), Bernard Edwards (1952), Travis Barker (1975), and Kenny Barron (1943). After her are Joshua Bell (1967), Zoot Sims (1925), Johnny Griffin (1928), Neal Schon (1954), Johnny Mercer (1909), and Tony Carey (1953).

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