MUSICIAN

Blue Mitchell

1930 - 1979

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Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blue Mitchell has received more than 263,814 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Blue Mitchell is the 1,885th most popular musician (down from 1,724th in 2019), the 9,580th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,714th in 2019) and the 729th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Blue Mitchells by language

Over the past year Blue Mitchell has had the most page views in the with 27,109 views, followed by Japanese (4,928), and French (1,727). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (119.86%), Esperanto (57.96%), and Egyptian Arabic (40.38%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Blue Mitchell ranks 1,885 out of 3,175. Before him are Kevin Moore, George Russell, Randy Weston, Fenriz, Hirokazu Tanaka, and Ed O'Brien. After him are Anthony Braxton, D. H. Peligro, Suzanne Ciani, Graham Coxon, Steve Rothery, and Otis Blackwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Blue Mitchell ranks 523. Before him are Rober Eryol, Halszka Osmólska, Derek Bailey, Nicole Marthe Le Douarin, Bertha Brouwer, and Mike Sparken. After him are Edward Seaga, José Jiménez Lozano, Stanley Sadie, Eladio Herrera, Norman Johnson, and Violetta Ferrari. Among people deceased in 1979, Blue Mitchell ranks 249. Before him are Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Jocelyne LaGarde, Akwasi Afrifa, Hans Liesche, Lev Arnshtam, and Magnar Isaksen. After him are Curtis Stevens, Dick Esser, Guglielmo Segato, Andreo Cseh, Mikhail Ogonkov, and George Brent.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Blue Mitchell ranks 9,580 out of 20,380. Before him are Carmen Zapata (1927), Mildred Cohn (1913), Virginia Fox (1902), John Russell (1921), Frank Shields (1909), and Spud Webb (1963). After him are Elizabeth Peña (1959), Kelly Clarkson (1982), Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), Edward Seaga (1930), Patrick Warburton (1964), and Anthony Braxton (1945).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Blue Mitchell ranks 729. Before him are Jerry Cantrell (1966), Jerry Wexler (1917), Sheila Jordan (1928), Kevin Moore (1967), George Russell (1923), and Randy Weston (1926). After him are Anthony Braxton (1945), D. H. Peligro (1959), Suzanne Ciani (1946), Otis Blackwell (1931), Eddie Hazel (1950), and Joe Lovano (1952).

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