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Billy Taylor

1921 - 2010

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Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.A jazz activist, Taylor sat on the Honorary Founders Board of The Jazz Foundation of America, an organisation he founded in 1989, with Ann Ruckert, Herb Storfer and Phoebe Jacobs, to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians, later including musicians who survived Hurricane Katrina.Taylor was a jazz educator, who lectured in colleges, served on panels and travelled worldwide as a jazz ambassador. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Taylor has received more than 274,743 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Taylor is the 2,386th most popular musician (down from 2,129th in 2019), the 12,871st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,155th in 2019) and the 1,005th most popular American Musician.

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  • 270k

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  • 36.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Billy Taylor ranks 2,386 out of 2,662. Before him are Lee Jong-hyun, Mike Ness, Lustmord, Don Kirshner, Nate Mendel, and Ai Otsuka. After him are Billy Sherwood, Bob Bryar, Scott Storch, Walter Donaldson, Wallace Roney, and Jani Liimatainen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Billy Taylor ranks 412. Before him are Terence Cooke, Sita Ram Goel, Tommy Noonan, Wilbur Thompson, Juanita M. Kreps, and Robert Muldoon. After him are Patricia Barry, Ted Ditchburn, Gordon MacRae, Antony Padiyara, Jean Kent, and Cyprian Ekwensi. Among people deceased in 2010, Billy Taylor ranks 414. Before him are Ellis Clarke, Orlando Zapata, David Thompson, Juanita M. Kreps, Larry Evans, and Massamasso Tchangai. After him are Vicki Draves, Teena Marie, Eddie Baily, Sławomir Skrzypek, Barbara Billingsley, and Ksenija Pajčin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Taylor ranks 12,871 out of 18,182. Before him are Richard Grenell (1966), Deval Patrick (1956), William Oefelein (1965), Shirley Ann Grau (1929), Rod Blagojevich (1956), and Jimmy Ruffin (1936). After him are Kenny Rollins (1923), Craig Federighi (1969), Ann Veneman (1949), Biz Markie (1964), John Boozman (1950), and Weston McKennie (1998).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Billy Taylor ranks 1,005. Before him are Bob Burns (1950), Charlie Benante (1962), Barry Mann (1939), Mike Ness (1962), Don Kirshner (1934), and Nate Mendel (1968). After him are Billy Sherwood (1965), Bob Bryar (1979), Scott Storch (1973), Walter Donaldson (1893), Wallace Roney (1960), and Norman Petty (1927).

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