MUSICIAN

Bebo Valdés

1918 - 2013

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Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro (October 9, 1918 – March 22, 2013), better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, especially due to his big band arrangements and compositions of mambo, chachachá and batanga, a genre he created in 1952. He was the director of the Radio Mil Diez house band and the Tropicana Club orchestra, before forming his own big band, Orquesta Sabor de Cuba, in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bebo Valdés has received more than 233,351 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Bebo Valdés is the 536th most popular musician (down from 502nd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Cuba and the 3rd most popular Cuban Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

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  • 55.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bebo Valdés ranks 536 out of 3,175. Before him are K. K. Downing, Van Cliburn, Freddie King, Rudolf Kempe, James Kottak, and Tito Jackson. After him are Tom Fogerty, Guy Bonnet, Aldo Ciccolini, Murray Perahia, Buddy Guy, and Huey Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Bebo Valdés ranks 103. Before him are Ida Lupino, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Lo Wei, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Massimo Girotti, and Kazu Naoki. After him are Ian Stevenson, Joseph Wiseman, Aldo van Eyck, Borys Paton, Arthur Chung, and George Lincoln Rockwell. Among people deceased in 2013, Bebo Valdés ranks 133. Before him are Jim Kelly, Emilio Pericoli, Emilio Colombo, Marta Eggerth, Álvaro Mutis, and Van Cliburn. After him are Margherita Hack, Chris Kyle, Mitja Ribičič, Shakuntala Devi, Mariangela Melato, and Luis Cubilla.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Bebo Valdés ranks 42 out of 300. Before him are Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Nicolás Guillén (1902), Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1942), Ana de Armas (1988), Carlos Puebla (1917), and Leo Brouwer (1939). After him are José-Maria de Heredia (1842), Rita Marley (1946), Ernesto Lecuona (1895), Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901), Carlos Finlay (1833), and Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929).

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Among MUSICIANS In Cuba

Among musicians born in Cuba, Bebo Valdés ranks 3. Before him are Compay Segundo (1907), and Carlos Puebla (1917). After him are Rubén González (1919), Chucho Valdés (1941), Arturo Sandoval (1949), Jorge Bolet (1914), Eliades Ochoa (1946), Dave Lombardo (1965), Pío Leyva (1917), Paquito D'Rivera (1948), and Rudy Sarzo (1950).

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