MUSICIAN

Buddy Bolden

1877 - 1931

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Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an American cornetist who was regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass", which later came to be known as jazz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buddy Bolden has received more than 904,825 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Buddy Bolden is the 1,055th most popular musician (down from 1,039th in 2019), the 5,157th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,087th in 2019) and the 351st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 900k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Buddy Bolden ranks 1,055 out of 3,175. Before him are John Lurie, Jack Irons, Johnny Thunders, Karl Doppler, DJ Kool Herc, and Tyler, the Creator. After him are Johann Peter Salomon, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Conny Plank, Tete Montoliu, Pat Smear, and Tony Visconti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Buddy Bolden ranks 112. Before him are Elin Pelin, Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, Lewis Terman, Josephine Hull, Maurice Farman, and Vladimir Gardin. After him are Giuseppe Pizzardo, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Ugo Cerletti, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Noël Bas, and Miltiadis Gouskos. Among people deceased in 1931, Buddy Bolden ranks 98. Before him are Albert Capellani, William Orpen, Hjalmar Bergman, Emil Warburg, Selma Rıza, and Alice Pike Barney. After him are Vladimir Triandafillov, Lupu Pick, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Oskar Minkowski, Ida B. Wells, and Mohammad Ali Jauhar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Buddy Bolden ranks 5,157 out of 20,380. Before him are Tera Patrick (1976), Emily Procter (1968), Tyler, the Creator (1991), Emily Deschanel (1976), Patricia McPherson (1954), and Mary Edwards Walker (1832). After him are George Kojac (1910), Samantha Smith (1972), James Pickens Jr. (1954), Susanna Kaysen (1948), Felicia Farr (1932), and Pauline Kael (1919).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Buddy Bolden ranks 351. Before him are Paul Chambers (1935), Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911), John Lurie (1952), Jack Irons (1962), Johnny Thunders (1952), and Tyler, the Creator (1991). After him are Pat Smear (1959), Tony Visconti (1944), Sterling Morrison (1942), Fats Navarro (1923), Bonnie Raitt (1949), and Louis Jordan (1908).

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