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Cannonball Adderley

1928 - 1975

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cannonball Adderley has received more than 1,193,464 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Cannonball Adderley is the 560th most popular musician (down from 439th in 2019), the 2,886th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,394th in 2019) and the 168th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Cannonball Adderley ranks 560 out of 3,175. Before him are Bronisław Huberman, Billy Cobham, İdil Biret, Mitch Mitchell, Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, and Duane Allman. After him are Nick Drake, Randy Rhoads, Coleman Hawkins, Tito Puente, Gaspara Stampa, and Marty Friedman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Cannonball Adderley ranks 190. Before him are Aleksey Batalov, Bob Cousy, Jack Tramiel, Helen Frankenthaler, Jean Vanier, and Lorna Wing. After him are William Peter Blatty, Laurence Harvey, Dominique Colonna, Stuart Whitman, Frank Wolff, and Jack Kevorkian. Among people deceased in 1975, Cannonball Adderley ranks 81. Before him are Peregrino Anselmo, Vladimir Kuts, Kang Sheng, Madeleine Vionnet, Franz Six, and William A. Wellman. After him are Ma Bufang, Lung Chien, Ezzard Charles, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, K. Kamaraj, and Richard Conte.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cannonball Adderley ranks 2,886 out of 20,380. Before him are Candy Darling (1944), Duane Allman (1946), Zoë Wanamaker (1949), Frank Vincent (1939), Dyanne Thorne (1936), and Harry Reems (1947). After him are Archibald Gracie IV (1858), Randy Rhoads (1956), Robert B. Wilson (1937), Coleman Hawkins (1904), Joe Rosenthal (1911), and Kevin Peter Hall (1955).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Cannonball Adderley ranks 168. Before him are Erroll Garner (1923), Chet Atkins (1924), Art Pepper (1925), Laurie Anderson (1947), Gene Krupa (1909), and Duane Allman (1946). After him are Randy Rhoads (1956), Coleman Hawkins (1904), Tito Puente (1923), Marty Friedman (1962), Smokey Robinson (1940), and King Oliver (1881).

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