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Art Blakey

1919 - 1990

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Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1940s in the big bands of Fletcher Henderson and Billy Eckstine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Art Blakey has received more than 1,431,487 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Art Blakey is the 278th most popular musician (down from 258th in 2019), the 1,552nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,511th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Musician.

Art Blakey was a jazz drummer who is most famous for being the drummer for the Jazz Messengers.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Art Blakey ranks 278 out of 3,175. Before him are PJ Harvey, Keith Moon, Slash, Arthur Nikisch, Grigory Sokolov, and Roger Daltrey. After him are Burt Bacharach, Michael Cretu, Mischa Maisky, Marilyn Manson, Ian Curtis, and Bill Haley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Art Blakey ranks 58. Before him are Joseph Murray, Daniel Bell, Mohamed Boudiaf, Ashraf Pahlavi, Hermine Braunsteiner, and Ryszard Kaczorowski. After him are Valentino Mazzola, René Barrientos, Joe Weider, Ian Smith, Licio Gelli, and Lauri Törni. Among people deceased in 1990, Art Blakey ranks 49. Before him are Capucine, Ivan Serov, Reinaldo Arenas, Yiannis Ritsos, Angelo Schiavio, and Alexander Pechersky. After him are Taiichi Ohno, Jill Ireland, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Soupault, and Sammy Davis Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Art Blakey ranks 1,552 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward C. Prescott (1940), Juliet Anderson (1938), Charles Ives (1874), Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Ed White (1930), and Helen Hunt (1963). After him are Frank Langella (1938), Thomas A. Steitz (1940), Danielle Steel (1947), Michael Dudikoff (1954), Jordan Belfort (1962), and Eleanor H. Porter (1868).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Art Blakey ranks 75. Before him are John Zorn (1953), Don Cherry (1936), Beck (1970), Paul Stanley (1952), J. J. Cale (1938), and Charles Mingus (1922). After him are Burt Bacharach (1928), Marilyn Manson (1969), Bill Haley (1925), Sidney Bechet (1897), Kirk Hammett (1962), and Eddie Cochran (1938).

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