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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 217,998 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Bebo Valdés is the 504th most popular musician (down from 379th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Cuba (down from 28th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Cuban Musician.

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  • 220k

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  • 54.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bebo Valdés ranks 504 out of 2,662Before him are Joan Jett, Lionel Hampton, Mikkey Dee, Jeff Lynne, Mick Mars, and Paul Landers. After him are Ira Gershwin, Michael Hutchence, Annie Fischer, Kai Hansen, Jacques Loussier, and Archie Shepp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Bebo Valdés ranks 104Before him are Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Kazuo Sakamaki, Ajahn Chah, Helmut Lent, Abba Kovner, and Borys Paton. After him are Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Ida Lupino, Leila Mourad, Raimon Panikkar, Theodore Sturgeon, and Alexander Shelepin. Among people deceased in 2013, Bebo Valdés ranks 125Before him are Dokka Umarov, Dennis Farina, Nguyễn Khánh, Mariangela Melato, Aslan Usoyan, and Bernadette Lafont. After him are Mitja Ribičič, Colin Davis, Marie-Claire Alain, Shakuntala Devi, Georges Lautner, and Marc Rich.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Bebo Valdés ranks 42 out of 248Before him are Wifredo Lam (1902), Chucho Valdés (1941), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Leo Brouwer (1939), Nicolás Guillén (1902), and Carlos Puebla (1917). After him are Ernesto Lecuona (1895), José-Maria de Heredia (1842), Carmen Herrera (1915), Ana de Armas (1988), Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901), and Steven Bauer (1956).

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Among MUSICIANS In Cuba

Among musicians born in Cuba, Bebo Valdés ranks 5Before him are Compay Segundo (1907), Rubén González (1919), Chucho Valdés (1941), and Carlos Puebla (1917). After him are Jorge Bolet (1914), Arturo Sandoval (1949), Dave Lombardo (1965), Paquito D'Rivera (1948), Rudy Sarzo (1950), Rico Rodriguez (1934), and Armando Peraza (1924).