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Tommy Johnson

1896 - 1956

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Tommy Johnson (January 1896 – November 1, 1956) was an American Delta blues musician who recorded in the late 1920s and was known for his eerie falsetto voice and intricate guitar playing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tommy Johnson is the 913th most popular musician (up from 1,502nd in 2019), the 4,854th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,562nd in 2019) and the 301st most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tommy Johnson ranks 913 out of 3,175. Before him are Jackson Browne, Blackie Lawless, Wanda Jackson, Gary Burton, Roy Thomas Baker, and Bismillah Khan. After him are Herbert Grönemeyer, Floyd Council, Dee Dee Warwick, Neil Peart, Aarre Merikanto, and Jim Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Tommy Johnson ranks 152. Before him are Edward Arthur Milne, Raymond Massey, Franz Blücher, Frank Loomis, Norman Thomas Gilroy, and Prince Sigismund of Prussia. After him are Jaromír Weinberger, Fritz Julius Kuhn, Friedrich Sämisch, Josef Kammhuber, Teinosuke Kinugasa, and John L. McClellan. Among people deceased in 1956, Tommy Johnson ranks 118. Before him are Jacques Moeschal, Walther Kossel, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Mikhail Tereshchenko, Zoltán Halmay, and Leo Baeck. After him are Aino Kallas, Corrado Alvaro, Ágnes Esterházy, John Geiger, Touria Chaoui, and Truxtun Hare.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tommy Johnson ranks 4,854 out of 20,380. Before him are Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Larry Semon (1889), Sean Astin (1971), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Peter Benchley (1940), and George Pullman (1831). After him are Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Louis J. Mordell (1888), Floyd Council (1911), Lamar Smith (1947), Paul Reiser (1957), and Amanda Plummer (1957).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Tommy Johnson ranks 301. Before him are Richie Havens (1941), Art Pepper (1925), Al Kooper (1944), Blackie Lawless (1956), Wanda Jackson (1937), and Gary Burton (1943). After him are Floyd Council (1911), Dee Dee Warwick (1942), Jim Hall (1930), Jimmy Smith (1925), Pat Mastelotto (1955), and Max Roach (1924).

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