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Bud Shank

1926 - 2009

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Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bud Shank has received more than 170,056 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bud Shank is the 2,315th most popular musician, the 12,396th most popular biography from United States and the 944th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bud Shank ranks 2,315 out of 3,175. Before him are Josh Freese, Naomi Munakata, Nate Mendel, Thomas Gabriel Fischer, Dave Greenfield, and Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad. After him are Uri Caine, Robin Thicke, James Iha, Mark Jansen, Charlie Benante, and John Parr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Bud Shank ranks 531. Before him are Kenneth Richmond, Rusty Wailes, Hazel Court, Joe Kubert, Lurleen Wallace, and Gulab Bai. After him are Desmond Connell, André Testut, Lorenzo Wright, Dorothy E. Smith, Ann B. Davis, and Samuel Goldwyn Jr.. Among people deceased in 2009, Bud Shank ranks 384. Before him are Tohir Yoʻldosh, Griffin Bell, Erich Kunzel, Baitullah Mehsud, Hugo Berly, and Guillermo Ortiz. After him are Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Ed McMahon, Noordin Mohammad Top, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, José Carlos da Costa Araújo, and Vladimir Turchinsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bud Shank ranks 12,396 out of 20,380. Before him are Bryan Stevenson (1959), Ketanji Brown Jackson (1970), Tim Guinee (1962), Frank Brian (1923), Janet Napolitano (1957), and Jean Porter (1922). After him are Colson Whitehead (1969), Gertrude Mary Cox (1900), Uri Caine (1956), Ransom Riggs (1979), Anne Jeffreys (1923), and Bob McGrath (1932).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Bud Shank ranks 944. Before him are Alex Honnold (1985), John Kiffmeyer (1969), Ian MacKaye (1962), Jimmy Chamberlin (1964), Josh Freese (1972), and Nate Mendel (1968). After him are Uri Caine (1956), Robin Thicke (1977), James Iha (1968), Charlie Benante (1962), Eugene Wright (1923), and Erick Morillo (1971).

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