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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 125,248 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Baby Dodds is the 1,867th most popular musician (down from 1,713th in 2019), the 9,490th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,657th in 2019) and the 753rd most popular American Musician.

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  • 130k

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  • 42.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Baby Dodds ranks 1,867 out of 2,662. Before him are Cui Jian, Hirokazu Tanaka, Olve Eikemo, Richard Barbieri, Graham Coxon, and Kenny Garrett. After him are Rupert Holmes, Pau Donés, Gene Ammons, Eddie Harris, Seu Jorge, and Bernard Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Baby Dodds ranks 247. Before him are Gertrude Lawrence, Eleanor Boardman, Hal Brown, Vincent Youmans, Harry Watson, and Wiley Post. After him are Joe Spence, Roy Harris, Ewald Balser, Owen Barfield, Loren Murchison, and Molly Picon. Among people deceased in 1959, Baby Dodds ranks 176. Before him are Jerry Unser Jr., Eugene Meyer, Leslie Johnson, Una O'Connor, Russell Simpson, and Yoshioka Yayoi. After him are Gilda Gray, Paul Günther, Frank Vaughn, Nils Granfelt, Eusebio Díaz, and George Padmore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Baby Dodds ranks 9,490 out of 18,182. Before him are Linda Lavin (1937), Arabian Prince (1965), Kenny Garrett (1960), Stephen R. Donaldson (1947), Yancy Butler (1970), and Veronica Hamel (1943). After him are Dan White (1946), Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795), Terry Branstad (1946), Clu Gulager (1928), James Daly (1918), and Gillian Flynn (1971).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Baby Dodds ranks 753. Before him are Joe Lovano (1952), Alison Krauss (1971), David Gates (1940), Victor Wooten (1964), Roy Estrada (1943), and Kenny Garrett (1960). After him are Gene Ammons (1925), Eddie Harris (1934), Bernard Edwards (1952), Van Dyke Parks (1943), Terry Callier (1945), and Josh Homme (1973).

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