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Roy Buchanan

1939 - 1988

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Leroy "Roy" Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues rock musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan worked as a sideman and as a solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career and two later solo albums that made it to the Billboard chart. He never achieved stardom, but is considered a highly influential guitar player. Guitar Player praised him as having one of the "50 Greatest Tones of All Time". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Buchanan is the 1,057th most popular musician (down from 857th in 2019), the 5,526th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,235th in 2019) and the 362nd most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Roy Buchanan ranks 1,057 out of 3,175. Before him are George Duke, Buddy Bolden, Doug Clifford, Tony Thompson, Tommy Dorsey, and Sabicas. After him are Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, James Galway, David Sanborn, Billy Hart, Harry Edison, and Holger Czukay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Roy Buchanan ranks 295. Before him are Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Janusz Gajos, Ljiljana Petrović, Charles Jencks, Peter Mayle, and Mike Castle. After him are James Galway, Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Renate Boy, Marie-Claire Blais, José Emilio Pacheco, and Len Cariou. Among people deceased in 1988, Roy Buchanan ranks 131. Before him are Sabino Barinaga, Jimmy Ball, Herbert Feigl, Anna Sipos, Siaka Stevens, and Fritz Heider. After him are Joshua Logan, Michel Auclair, Mike Beuttler, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Frank Zamboni, and Herluf Bidstrup.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Buchanan ranks 5,526 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Castle (1939), Mark White (1940), Forrest Smithson (1884), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), Allen Iverson (1975), and Sammy Gravano (1945). After him are Carol Potter (1948), Robert Cornelius (1809), David Sanborn (1945), Anna Kendrick (1985), Billy Hart (1940), and Ellen Corby (1911).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Roy Buchanan ranks 362. Before him are Rick James (1948), George Duke (1946), Buddy Bolden (1877), Doug Clifford (1945), Tony Thompson (1954), and Tommy Dorsey (1905). After him are David Sanborn (1945), Billy Hart (1940), Harry Edison (1915), Tony Visconti (1944), Lauryn Hill (1975), and Michael Angelo Batio (1956).

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