MUSICIAN

Benny Carter

1907 - 2003

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Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career in the 1920s, he worked as an arranger including written charts for Fletcher Henderson's big band that shaped the swing style. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benny Carter has received more than 416,967 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Benny Carter is the 890th most popular musician (down from 832nd in 2019), the 4,372nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,149th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Benny Carter ranks 890 out of 3,175. Before him are Doug Clifford, Paco Ibáñez, S. D. Burman, Maceo Parker, Fatboy Slim, and Scott Bradley. After him are Charlie Christian, Kyung Wha Chung, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Aphex Twin, Clark Terry, and Jimmy Buffett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Benny Carter ranks 182. Before him are Sándor Veress, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Amedeo Nazzari, Ethel Smith, James M. Gavin, and Sukhdev Thapar. After him are Roger Vailland, Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Paul Magloire, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Edwige Feuillère, and Fritz Szepan. Among people deceased in 2003, Benny Carter ranks 167. Before him are Lewis A. Coser, Hans Hermann Groër, Augusto Monterroso, Lu'ay al-Atassi, Selahattin Ülkümen, and Jean Yanne. After him are Wolfgang Larrazábal, Françoise Giroud, Saifuddin Azizi, Philip Stone, Daishiro Yoshimura, and Diana Mosley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benny Carter ranks 4,372 out of 20,380. Before him are Maceo Parker (1943), James M. Gavin (1907), Lucretia Mott (1793), Katherine Kelly Lang (1961), Evelyn Furtsch (1914), and Scott Bradley (1891). After him are Patty Duke (1946), Wilson Bentley (1865), Charlie Christian (1916), Jon Cryer (1965), Booker T. Washington (1856), and Helen Levitt (1913).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Benny Carter ranks 282. Before him are Tommy Dorsey (1905), Ray Brown (1926), James Burton (1939), Doug Clifford (1945), Maceo Parker (1943), and Scott Bradley (1891). After him are Charlie Christian (1916), Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Clark Terry (1920), Jimmy Buffett (1946), Teddy Wilson (1912), and Alan Wilson (1943).

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