MUSICIAN

Charlie Parker

1920 - 1955

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Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlie Parker has received more than 5,635,847 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Charlie Parker is the 92nd most popular musician (down from 57th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from United States (down from 352nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Musician.

Charlie Parker is most famous for his bebop jazz music.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Charlie Parker ranks 92 out of 3,175. Before him are Till Lindemann, Richard Wright, Ziryab, Sviatoslav Richter, Glenn Gould, and Paul Simon. After him are David Oistrakh, Alice Cooper, Dschinghis Khan, Chet Baker, Frank Farian, and Angus Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Charlie Parker ranks 23. Before him are Amália Rodrigues, Boris Vian, Traudl Junge, Éric Rohmer, Richard von Weizsäcker, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. After him are Juan Antonio Samaranch, Helmut Newton, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, François Jacob, and Zecharia Sitchin. Among people deceased in 1955, Charlie Parker ranks 16. Before him are Alberto Ascari, Rodolfo Graziani, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Arthur Honegger, Maurice Utrillo, and Helmuth Weidling. After him are James B. Sumner, Paul Claudel, George Enescu, Calouste Gulbenkian, Pak Hon-yong, and Carmen Miranda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlie Parker ranks 523 out of 20,380. Before him are Irving Langmuir (1881), William Holden (1918), Paul Simon (1941), Christopher Reeve (1952), Carroll Shelby (1923), and Sydney Pollack (1934). After him are Kip Thorne (1940), Michael Keaton (1951), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Alice Cooper (1948), Chester A. Arthur (1829), and Anna Politkovskaya (1958).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Charlie Parker ranks 25. Before him are Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Robert Johnson (1911), Iggy Pop (1947), Steven Van Zandt (1950), Lou Reed (1942), and Paul Simon (1941). After him are Alice Cooper (1948), Chet Baker (1929), Quincy Jones (1933), John Coltrane (1926), Ice-T (1958), and Glenn Miller (1904).

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