# Bert Weedon

> Herbert Maurice William Weedon was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a hit record in the UK singles chart, in 1959, and his best-selling tutorial, Play in a Day, was a major influence on many leading British musicians, such as Eric Clapton, Brian May and Paul McCartney. He was awarded an OBE in 2001 for services to music.

*English guitarist (1920–2012)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/bert-weedon

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1920-05-10
- **Died:** 2012-04-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 12.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917258/ (@nm0917258)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.bertweedon.com

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/439537)
- [بيرت ويدون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Bert Weedon](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Weedon)
- [Bert Weedon](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Weedon)
- [Bert Weedon](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Weedon)
- [Bert Weedon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Weedon)
- [Bert Weedon](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Weedon)
- [Bert Weedon](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Weedon)
- [Bert Weedon](https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Weedon)
- [Բերտ Ուիդոն](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BF_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%B6)
- [Bert Weedon](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Weedon)
- [Bert Weedon](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Weedon)
- [Уидон, Берт](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e52915e-60fe-4802-9f13-a5e5ec160f32)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q827506)
- [Bert Weedon](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5800548)

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