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Artie Shaw

1910 - 2004

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Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." Before the release of "Beguine," Shaw and his fledgling band had languished in relative obscurity for over two years and, after its release, he became a major pop artist within short order. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Artie Shaw has received more than 2,444,823 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Artie Shaw is the 615th most popular musician (down from 536th in 2019), the 3,172nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,838th in 2019) and the 186th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Artie Shaws by language

Over the past year Artie Shaw has had the most page views in the with 307,689 views, followed by Spanish (24,273), and French (15,441). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (128.28%), Basque (122.18%), and Southern Azerbaijani (99.18%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Artie Shaw ranks 615 out of 3,175. Before him are Lindsey Buckingham, Tony Sheridan, Rick Wakeman, Myung-whun Chung, Eliso Virsaladze, and Tom Araya. After him are Jelly Roll Morton, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Napoleon Orda, Paul Tortelier, and Hillel Slovak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Artie Shaw ranks 128. Before him are Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, Suleiman Frangieh, Ai Qing, Karl Kling, Richard Conte, and Helene Mayer. After him are Alex North, Barbara O'Neil, Aleksandar Tirnanić, Franz Kline, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, and Scatman Crothers. Among people deceased in 2004, Artie Shaw ranks 105. Before him are M. S. Subbulakshmi, Chiang Fang-liang, Helmut Griem, Gordon Cooper, Walter Frentz, and Czesław Niemen. After him are Alexandra Ripley, Fay Wray, Paul Winfield, Ann Miller, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, and Thomas Gold.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Artie Shaw ranks 3,172 out of 20,380. Before him are Wesley Clark (1944), Michael Bishop (1945), George William Hill (1838), John Milius (1944), Anthony Edwards (1962), and Alice B. Toklas (1877). After him are Richard Hamming (1915), Lesley Gore (1946), Marlena Shaw (1939), Joseph Strauss (1870), Ron Kovic (1946), and Tallulah Bankhead (1902).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Artie Shaw ranks 186. Before him are Curtis Mayfield (1942), Captain Beefheart (1941), Tommy Bolin (1951), Stephen Kovacevich (1940), Ahmad Jamal (1930), and Lindsey Buckingham (1949). After him are Jelly Roll Morton (1890), Clifford Brown (1930), Ron Carter (1937), Joan Jett (1958), Victor Young (1900), and Joe Pass (1929).

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