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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 2,470,413 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Artie Shaw is the 538th most popular musician (down from 535th in 2019), the 2,845th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,778th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Musician.

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  • 54.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Artie Shaw ranks 538 out of 2,662. Before him are Alan Walker, Joe Pass, Shinichi Suzuki, Riccardo Cocciante, Radu Lupu, and Tom Petty. After him are Christian Lorenz, Lucio Battisti, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Mitsuko Uchida, Ace Frehley, and Gottfried Heinrich Bach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Artie Shaw ranks 103. Before him are Hazi Aslanov, Fritz Leiber, Ngô Đình Nhu, Heinz Hoffmann, Jorge Negrete, and Sylvester Stadler. After him are Hideo Shinojima, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Ruan Lingyu, Félix Candela, Joan Bennett, and Benzion Netanyahu. Among people deceased in 2004, Artie Shaw ranks 94. Before him are Uta Hagen, Philip Abelson, Chiang Fang-liang, Boris Trajkovski, Marco Pantani, and Jean Lefebvre. After him are Irina Press, Miki Matsubara, Laura Betti, René Laloux, Czesław Niemen, and Alexandra Ripley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Artie Shaw ranks 2,845 out of 18,182. Before him are Walton Walker (1889), Curtis Hanson (1945), Tom Petty (1950), Sam Jones (1933), Lois Chiles (1947), and Sam Waterston (1940). After him are Cheech Marin (1946), Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Linda Kozlowski (1958), Helen B. Taussig (1898), Stuart Whitman (1928), and Michael Bolton (1953).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Artie Shaw ranks 161. Before him are Joey DeMaio (1954), Freddie King (1934), Wendy Carlos (1939), Gerry Mulligan (1927), Joe Pass (1929), and Tom Petty (1950). After him are Ace Frehley (1951), Jeff Porcaro (1954), Matt Cameron (1962), Gene Krupa (1909), Don Henley (1947), and Laurie Anderson (1947).

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