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Baby Dodds

1898 - 1959

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Warren "Baby" Dodds (December 24, 1898 – February 14, 1959) was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is regarded as one of the best jazz drummers of the pre-big band era. He varied his drum patterns with accents and flourishes, and he generally kept the beat with the bass drum while playing buzz rolls on the snare. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baby Dodds has received more than 132,991 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Baby Dodds is the 2,106th most popular musician (down from 1,860th in 2019), the 11,062nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,469th in 2019) and the 838th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Baby Dodds ranks 2,106 out of 3,175. Before him are Debbie Gibson, Eddie Condon, Lorenz Hart, Yip Harburg, Tom Scholz, and Post Malone. After him are Mike McCready, Al Foster, Barney Bigard, Herman Li, Omar Hakim, and SWV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Baby Dodds ranks 301. Before him are Ernő Nagy, Norman Z. McLeod, Wiley Post, Clarence Walker, Molly Picon, and Harry Watson. After him are Lucy Morton, Yefim Dzigan, Bedřich Šupčík, Ludwig Bemelmans, Elemér Somfay, and David Jack. Among people deceased in 1959, Baby Dodds ranks 205. Before him are Vincenzo Cardarelli, G. D. H. Cole, Jaroslav Skobla, John August Anderson, Frank Vaughn, and Harold Hardwick. After him are Kenneth Anderson, James Gleason, Taylor Holmes, Bruce Harlan, Wayne Morris, and Paul Douglas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Baby Dodds ranks 11,062 out of 20,380. Before him are Valerie Bertinelli (1960), Phyllis Thaxter (1919), Harvey Pekar (1939), Neil Abercrombie (1938), Raymond Thorne (1887), and Burton Jastram (1910). After him are Mike McCready (1966), Jam Master Jay (1965), April Bowlby (1980), Lauren Weisberger (1977), Al Foster (1943), and Balthazar Getty (1975).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Baby Dodds ranks 838. Before him are Debbie Gibson (1970), Eddie Condon (1905), Lorenz Hart (1895), Yip Harburg (1896), Tom Scholz (1947), and Post Malone (1995). After him are Mike McCready (1966), Al Foster (1943), Barney Bigard (1906), Omar Hakim (1959), Kim Fowley (1939), and Andy Timmons (1963).

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