Amy Winehouse vs Jimi Hendrix
Two music prodigies, compared on what is actually documented: field, era, country and record. No invented numbers.
The record, side by side
| Amy Winehouse | Jimi Hendrix | |
| Field | Music | Music |
| Sub-field | Jazz | Pop |
| Born | 1983 | 1942 |
| Died | 2011 | 1970 |
| Country of birth | United Kingdom | United States |
| Star sign | Virgo | Sagittarius |
Who they are
Amy Winehouse
On February 10, 2008, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, a twenty-four-year-old British singer stood in front of a satellite feed from London — she had been denied a U.S. work visa due to pending drug charges — and accepted five Grammy Awards. Five. In a single night. The record for most Grammys won by a female artist in one evening, tied that night, had been held by Beyoncé. The artist collecting the awards remotely, surrounded by her family in London, wearing an enormous beehive hairdo and a skin-tight dress, was Amy Winehouse, who…
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Jimi Hendrix
The first instrument Jimi Hendrix ever played was a ukulele with a single string. He found it while helping his father clean out a house in Seattle in 1957, and he spent weeks working out the melody to "Honky Tonk Women" on that single string before his father relented and bought him a five-dollar acoustic guitar. He was fifteen years old, completely self-taught, and he could already hear in his head sounds that no existing guitarist had yet produced. Within four years, by his own account, he had listened to every blues record he could…
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What they share
- Both are held here under Music.
Where they part
- Born in different countries: United Kingdom and United States.
- 41 years separate their births (1983 and 1942).
- Their lifetimes never overlapped.
Questions people ask
- Who came first, Amy Winehouse or Jimi Hendrix?
- Jimi Hendrix. Amy Winehouse was born in 1983, Jimi Hendrix in 1942.
- What field is each of them in?
- Amy Winehouse is filed under Music (Jazz). Jimi Hendrix is filed under Music (Pop).
- Were they contemporaries?
- No - their lifetimes do not overlap.