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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 870,958 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Buddy Bolden is the 1,042nd most popular musician (down from 769th in 2019), the 5,099th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,882nd in 2019) and the 378th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Buddy Bolden ranks 1,042 out of 2,662. Before him are Charlie Mariano, Mike Bloomfield, Patti Scialfa, Julius Klengel, Aphex Twin, and Eric Ericson. After him are Jimmy Bain, Tony Williams, Billy Cox, D'arcy Wretzky, Shura Cherkassky, and Magne Furuholmen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Buddy Bolden ranks 106. Before him are William Hope Hodgson, Luigi Maglione, Lewis Terman, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Georg Kolbe, and Giuseppe Pizzardo. After him are Ned Maddrell, Noël Bas, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Joanni Perronet, Shefqet Vërlaci, and Bolesław Leśmian. Among people deceased in 1931, Buddy Bolden ranks 91. Before him are Wilson Bentley, Alwin Berger, Alice Pike Barney, David Starr Jordan, Tommaso Tittoni, and Cosmo Duff-Gordon. After him are Lupu Pick, Ida B. Wells, Kinue Hitomi, Constantin von Economo, Selma Rıza, and Albert Capellani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Buddy Bolden ranks 5,099 out of 18,182. Before him are Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837), Leila Hyams (1905), Robert Sapolsky (1957), Richard Marcinko (1940), James Redfield (1950), and Melville J. Herskovits (1895). After him are Pamela Tiffin (1942), Mark Pellegrino (1965), Paula Patton (1975), Tony Williams (1945), Belle Starr (1848), and Billy Cox (1939).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Buddy Bolden ranks 378. Before him are Louis Jordan (1908), Mark St. John (1956), Fletcher Henderson (1897), Charlie Mariano (1923), Mike Bloomfield (1943), and Patti Scialfa (1953). After him are Tony Williams (1945), Billy Cox (1939), D'arcy Wretzky (1968), Sterling Morrison (1942), Steve Stevens (1959), and Blackie Lawless (1956).

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