MUSICIAN

Chick Webb

1905 - 1939

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William Henry "Chick" Webb (February 10, 1905 – June 16, 1939) was an American jazz and swing music drummer and band leader. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chick Webb has received more than 598,544 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Chick Webb is the 1,902nd most popular musician (down from 1,830th in 2019), the 9,687th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,341st in 2019) and the 741st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chick Webb ranks 1,902 out of 3,175. Before him are Ed King, Jimmy Van Heusen, Stanley Sadie, Albert Ammons, Jimmie Vaughan, and Mr. Oizo. After him are Brad Wilk, Igor Presnyakov, Cherie Currie, Jeff Healey, Gene Ammons, and Neil Innes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Chick Webb ranks 354. Before him are Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Roberto Cortés, Antal Kocsis, Bobby Pearce, John Hoyt, and Rodolfo Choperena. After him are Tex Ritter, Oleg Zhakov, György Kulin, Edvin Laine, Hanns Kilian, and Helen Sawyer Hogg. Among people deceased in 1939, Chick Webb ranks 155. Before him are Louis Eugène Roy, Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová, Boris Shchukin, Joseph Lyons, Robert Farnan, and Siegfried Flesch. After him are Aurelio Mosquera, Eliodoro Villazón, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, Jens Bratlie, Charles Eastman, and Ramón Eguiazábal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chick Webb ranks 9,687 out of 20,380. Before him are Ryan Dunn (1977), Leslie David Baker (1958), Erin Moran (1960), Jessica Hecht (1965), Shari Arison (1957), and Lucy Hale (1989). After him are Richard Russo (1949), Sarah Moore Grimké (1792), George Lott (1906), Maggie McNamara (1928), Sally Menke (1953), and Brad Wilk (1968).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Chick Webb ranks 741. Before him are Joe Lovano (1952), Wes Borland (1975), Ed King (1949), Jimmy Van Heusen (1913), Albert Ammons (1907), and Jimmie Vaughan (1951). After him are Brad Wilk (1968), Cherie Currie (1959), Gene Ammons (1925), Les Brown (1912), Alison Sudol (1984), and Michael Landau (1958).

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