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Mike Bloomfield

1943 - 1981

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Michael Bernard Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American blues guitarist and composer. Born in Chicago, he became one of the first popular music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrumental prowess, as he rarely sang before 1969. Respected for his guitar playing, Bloomfield knew and played with many of Chicago's blues musicians before achieving his own fame and was instrumental in popularizing blues music in the mid-1960s. In 1965, he played on Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, including the single "Like a Rolling Stone", and performed with Dylan at that year's Newport Folk Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Bloomfield is the 1,215th most popular musician (up from 1,250th in 2019), the 6,286th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,129th in 2019) and the 430th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Mike Bloomfield ranks 1,215 out of 3,175. Before him are John Dolmayan, Joe Henderson, Dave Alexander, Gene Autry, Bruce Kulick, and Shawn Crahan. After him are Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Ronnie Radke, Martin Barre, Tomasz Stańko, Francis Goya, and Grant Green.

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Among people born in 1943, Mike Bloomfield ranks 404. Before him are Janet Akyüz Mattei, Steve Clark, Serge Lama, Ingrid Gulbin, Niles Eldredge, and Marilynne Robinson. After him are Masatoshi Shima, Catherine Cesarsky, Christl Haas, Leslie Uggams, Sharon Gless, and Dante Ferretti. Among people deceased in 1981, Mike Bloomfield ranks 157. Before him are Paco Bienzobas, J. L. Mackie, Ludwig Goldbrunner, Lev Atamanov, Ross Martin, and Álvaro Cunqueiro. After him are Richard O'Connor, Shovkat Mammadova, Jack Albertson, Rino Gaetano, Lydia Lopokova, and William Gopallawa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Bloomfield ranks 6,287 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Kulick (1953), Dick Boushka (1934), Shawn Crahan (1969), Rance Howard (1928), Marilynne Robinson (1943), and Ed Wynn (1886). After him are Richard H. Truly (1937), Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), Vivien Thomas (1910), Hal B. Wallis (1898), Genevieve Cortese (1981), and Deirdre McCloskey (1942).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Mike Bloomfield ranks 430. Before him are Gene Clark (1944), Joe Henderson (1937), Dave Alexander (1947), Gene Autry (1907), Bruce Kulick (1953), and Shawn Crahan (1969). After him are Ronnie Radke (1983), Grant Green (1935), Fletcher Henderson (1897), Scott LaFaro (1936), Billy Cox (1939), and Ty Dolla Sign (1985).

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