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Muddy Waters

1913 - 1983

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McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer-songwriter and musician who was an important figure in the post-World War II blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues". His style of playing has been described as "raining down Delta beatitude". Muddy Waters grew up on Stovall Plantation near Clarksdale, Mississippi, and by age 17 was playing the guitar and the harmonica, copying local blues artists Son House and Robert Johnson. In 1941, Alan Lomax and Professor John W. Work III of Fisk University recorded him in Mississippi for the Library of Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muddy Waters is the 241st most popular musician (down from 184th in 2019), the 1,507th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,048th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Musician.

Muddy Waters is most famous for being the birthplace of the Delta Blues.

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Among musicians, Muddy Waters ranks 241 out of 3,175. Before him are Gilberto Gil, Wanda Landowska, Salif Keita, Sean Combs, Alfred Brendel, and Moe Tucker. After him are Brian Eno, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pitbull, Thelonious Monk, Isaac Stern, and Arthur Nikisch.

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Among people born in 1913, Muddy Waters ranks 55. Before him are Aimé Césaire, Mary Ainsworth, Mehmet Shehu, Peter Cushing, Richard Stone, and Masanobu Fukuoka. After him are Charles Trenet, Alan Ladd, Tony Martin, Jan Kubiš, Heinz Linge, and Tadao Horie. Among people deceased in 1983, Muddy Waters ranks 40. Before him are Gerhard Barkhorn, Kenneth Clark, George Balanchine, Vladimir Gelfand, Klaus Nomi, and Maurice Ronet. After him are Rodolfo Gucci, Georges Auric, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Alberto Ginastera, and Robert Aldrich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Muddy Waters ranks 1,507 out of 20,380. Before him are Samuel C. C. Ting (1936), Elisha Otis (1811), Annie Jump Cannon (1863), Moe Tucker (1944), Kim Kardashian (1980), and Chris Evert (1954). After him are Tom Berenger (1949), John Denver (1943), Phil Hill (1927), Andie MacDowell (1958), Kary Mullis (1944), and Jerry Bruckheimer (1943).

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Among musicians born in United States, Muddy Waters ranks 69. Before him are Eric Peterson (1964), Izzy Stradlin (1962), Alicia Keys (1981), Don Cherry (1936), Sean Combs (1969), and Moe Tucker (1944). After him are Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), Pitbull (1981), Thelonious Monk (1917), John Zorn (1953), Don Shirley (1927), and Joe Satriani (1956).

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