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Benny Golson

1929 - 2024

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Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launching his solo career. Golson was known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benny Golson has received more than 759,083 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Benny Golson is the 674th most popular musician (down from 634th in 2019), the 3,450th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,297th in 2019) and the 206th most popular American Musician.

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  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Benny Golson ranks 674 out of 3,175. Before him are Nikolai Zverev, Jan Akkerman, Eric Woolfson, Chas Chandler, Peter Schreier, and Chaka Khan. After him are Harold Faltermeyer, Robert Smith, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Eddie Vedder, Ahmet Ertegun, and Vinnie Vincent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Benny Golson ranks 192. Before him are Anna Walentynowicz, Edison Denisov, Christoph von Dohnányi, James McDivitt, Hind Rostom, and Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar. After him are Hong Song-nam, Nadja Tiller, James R. Schlesinger, Petr Shelokhonov, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, and Selim Hoss. Among people deceased in 2024, Benny Golson ranks 169. Before him are Vernor Vinge, Günter Brus, Humberto Maschio, Teri Garr, Brian Mulroney, and William Anders. After him are Jim Simons, Helmuth Duckadam, Selim Hoss, Allen J. Bard, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, and Ethel Kennedy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benny Golson ranks 3,450 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Roth (1945), Julie Harris (1925), Richard Belzer (1944), Moses Malone (1955), Andrea True (1943), and Tony Musante (1936). After him are Bonnie Aarons (1979), Madeleine Astor (1893), Don Alden Adams (1925), Scott Bakula (1954), Brian Kobilka (1955), and Percy Sledge (1941).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Benny Golson ranks 206. Before him are Alec John Such (1951), Ric Ocasek (1949), Ma Rainey (1886), Mick Mars (1951), Jeff Hanneman (1964), and Chaka Khan (1953). After him are Eddie Vedder (1964), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Lead Belly (1888), Scotty Moore (1931), Lee Morgan (1938), and Rufus Wainwright (1973).

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