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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 295,426 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Billy Taylor is the 2,503rd most popular musician (down from 2,377th in 2019), the 13,725th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,841st in 2019) and the 1,037th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Billy Taylor ranks 2,503 out of 3,175. Before him are Joe Duplantier, Alyona Alyona, Peter Asher, Synyster Gates, Kevin Jonas, and Mickey Hart. After him are Edward Maya, Noodles, Mai Kuraki, Bonobo, Sergey Shnurov, and Anthony Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Billy Taylor ranks 464. Before him are Janet Blair, Henry Cockburn, Tom Kilburn, Ted Ditchburn, Jack Valenti, and Terence Cooke. After him are Patricia Barry, Hazel McCallion, John Davis, Gordon MacRae, Cyprian Ekwensi, and Gale Robbins. Among people deceased in 2010, Billy Taylor ranks 466. Before him are Bobby Charles, Jim Fuchs, Kage Baker, Shoya Tomizawa, Barbara Billingsley, and Lamont Johnson. After him are Orlando Zapata, Wally Hickel, Bill Dixon, Stephen Schneider, Teena Marie, and Adele Mara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Taylor ranks 13,725 out of 20,380. Before him are Oliver Tree (1993), Helen O'Connell (1920), Anton Coppola (1917), Shirley Babashoff (1957), Pop Smoke (1999), and Lena Dunham (1986). After him are Alicia Coppola (1968), Janis Carter (1913), Matt Servitto (1965), Chris Miller (1968), Virginia Hamilton (1936), and Hugh McCulloch (1808).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Billy Taylor ranks 1,037. Before him are St. Vincent (1982), Debbie Cameron (1958), Alex Webster (1969), Synyster Gates (1981), Kevin Jonas (1987), and Mickey Hart (1943). After him are Noodles (1963), Jon Schaffer (1968), Tommy Shaw (1953), John LeCompt (1973), Brandon Flowers (1981), and Shawn Lane (1963).

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