1928 - 1975
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928 – August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", which was written for him by his keyboardist Joe Zawinul and became a major crossover hit on the pop and R&B charts. A cover version by the Buckinghams, who added lyrics, also reached No. 5 on the charts. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cannonball Adderley has received more than 1,158,010 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Cannonball Adderley is the 441st most popular musician (down from 386th in 2019), the 2,397th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,129th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Cannonball Adderley ranks 441 out of 2,662. Before him are Alicia de Larrocha, Phil Rudd, Joe Perry, Artur Schnabel, Michel Polnareff, and Tom Fogerty. After him are Dexter Gordon, Armin van Buuren, Maurice André, Edwin Fischer, Rubén González, and Robert Wyatt.
1923 - 2009
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 435
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 436
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 437
1882 - 1951
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 438
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 439
1941 - 1990
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 440
1928 - 1975
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 441
1923 - 1990
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 442
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 443
1933 - 2012
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 444
1886 - 1960
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 445
1919 - 2003
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 446
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 447
Among people born in 1928, Cannonball Adderley ranks 147. Before him are Jean Kennedy Smith, Federico Bahamontes, Nick Holonyak, Juan María Bordaberry, Vidal Sassoon, and Lorna Wing. After him are László Budai, Ali Kafi, Peter Naur, Joseph Kittinger, Gustavo Gutiérrez, and Alexis Korner. Among people deceased in 1975, Cannonball Adderley ranks 70. Before him are Lyubov Orlova, William A. Wellman, Robert Stolz, Clyde Tolson, Michel Simon, and Fredric March. After him are Madeleine Vionnet, Hans Swarowsky, Hiroshi Ōshima, Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, K. Kamaraj, and Nihal Atsız.
1928 - 2020
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 141
1928 - 2023
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 142
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 143
1928 - 2011
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 144
1928 - 2012
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 145
1928 - 2014
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 146
1928 - 1975
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 147
1928 - 1983
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 148
1928 - 2013
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 149
1928 - 2016
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 150
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 151
1928 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 152
1928 - 1984
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 153
1902 - 1975
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 64
1896 - 1975
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 65
1880 - 1975
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 66
1900 - 1975
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 67
1895 - 1975
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 68
1897 - 1975
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 69
1928 - 1975
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 70
1876 - 1975
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 71
1899 - 1975
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 72
1886 - 1975
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 73
1910 - 1975
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 74
1903 - 1975
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 75
1905 - 1975
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 76
Among people born in United States, Cannonball Adderley ranks 2,397 out of 18,182. Before him are Ric Flair (1949), Maria Bello (1967), Donna Karan (1948), Erin Brockovich (1960), Lionel Barrymore (1878), and Tom Fogerty (1941). After him are Stanley Kamel (1943), H. Robert Horvitz (1947), Barbara Hershey (1948), Lindsay Wagner (1949), Leslie White (1900), and Tracy Chapman (1964).
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,391
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,392
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 2,393
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 2,394
1878 - 1954
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,395
1941 - 1990
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 2,396
1928 - 1975
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 2,397
1943 - 2008
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 2,398
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 2,399
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 2,400
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,401
1900 - 1971
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,402
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 2,403
Among musicians born in United States, Cannonball Adderley ranks 133. Before him are Lester Young (1909), Van Cliburn (1934), Bud Powell (1924), Wes Montgomery (1923), Joe Perry (1950), and Tom Fogerty (1941). After him are Dexter Gordon (1923), Richie Sambora (1959), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), King Oliver (1881), Dennis Wilson (1944), and Philly Joe Jones (1923).
1909 - 1959
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 127
1934 - 2013
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 128
1924 - 1966
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 129
1923 - 1968
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 130
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 131
1941 - 1990
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 132
1928 - 1975
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 133
1923 - 1990
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 134
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 135
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 136
1881 - 1938
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 137
1944 - 1983
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 138
1923 - 1985
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 139