1918 - 2013
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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Among musicians, Bebo Valdés ranks 504 out of 2,662. Before 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.
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 498
1908 - 2002
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 499
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 500
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 501
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 502
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 503
1918 - 2013
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 504
1896 - 1983
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 505
1960 - 1997
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 506
1914 - 1995
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 507
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 508
1934 - 2019
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 509
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 510
Among people born in 1918, Bebo Valdés ranks 104. Before 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 125. Before 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.
1918 - 1970
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 98
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 99
1918 - 1992
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 100
1918 - 1944
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 101
1918 - 1987
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 102
1918 - 2020
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 103
1918 - 2013
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 104
1918 - 1970
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 105
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 106
1918 - 1995
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 107
1918 - 2010
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 108
1918 - 1985
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 109
1918 - 1994
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 110
1964 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 119
1944 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 120
1927 - 2013
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 121
1941 - 2013
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 122
1937 - 2013
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 123
1938 - 2013
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 124
1918 - 2013
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 125
1919 - 2013
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 126
1927 - 2013
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 127
1926 - 2013
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 128
1929 - 2013
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 129
1926 - 2013
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 130
1934 - 2013
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 131
Among people born in Cuba, Bebo Valdés ranks 42 out of 248. Before 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).
1902 - 1982
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 36
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 37
1819 - 1874
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 38
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 39
1902 - 1989
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 40
1917 - 1989
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 41
1918 - 2013
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 42
1895 - 1963
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 43
1842 - 1905
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 44
1915 - 2022
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 45
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 46
1901 - 1981
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 47
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 48
Among musicians born in Cuba, Bebo Valdés ranks 5. Before 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).
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 1
1919 - 2003
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 3
1917 - 1989
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 4
1918 - 2013
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 5
1914 - 1990
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 6
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 10
1934 - 2015
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 11
1924 - 2014
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 12