Jerry Portnoy

American blues musician
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Jerry Portnoy

Summary

Jerry Portnoy is a human[1]. His place of birth was Chicago[2]. He was born on November 25, 1943[3]. He worked as a singer-songwriter[4] and musician[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month, #7,281 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Jerry Portnoy was born in Chicago[2].
  • Born in Evanston[7], Jerry Portnoy…
  • Jerry Portnoy was born on November 25, 1943[3].
  • Jerry Portnoy held citizenship in United States[8].
  • Jerry Portnoy's professions included singer-songwriter[4].
  • Jerry Portnoy's professions included musician[5].
  • Jerry Portnoy is recorded as male[9].
  • Jerry Portnoy's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Jerry Portnoy's genre is blues[11].
  • Jerry Portnoy's Commons category is recorded as Jerry Portnoy[12].
  • Jerry Portnoy's family name is recorded as Portnoy[13].
  • Jerry Portnoy's given name is recorded as Jerry[14].
  • Jerry Portnoy's instrument is recorded as harmonica[15].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[16]

  • Country: US[17]

  • Began / founded: 1943-11-25[18]

  • Genre(s): blues[19]

  • Community tags: blues[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bb22f083-e7e8-4b1e-a222-e84a7d70aca1[21]

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Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Chicago[2], a city of Illinois[22], in United States[23] and Evanston[7], a city in the United States[24], in United States[25], founded in 1836[26]. Jerry Portnoy was born on November 25, 1943[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include singer-songwriter[4] and musician[5].

Why It Matters

Jerry Portnoy ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month, #7,281 of 1,000,298).[6]

FAQs

Where was Jerry Portnoy born?

Jerry Portnoy was born in Chicago[2].

What did Jerry Portnoy do for work?

Jerry Portnoy worked as singer-songwriter[4] and musician[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument harmonica
    Genre
    Citizenship
    Place of birth Chicago, Evanston
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