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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 568,630 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2019). Chick Webb is the 1,836th most popular musician (down from 1,573rd in 2019), the 9,362nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,913th in 2019) and the 739th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chick Webb ranks 1,836 out of 2,662. Before him are Igor Presnyakov, Tom Harrell, Patrick Leonard, Armando Peraza, Mick Karn, and Percy Heath. After him are Yip Harburg, Yuja Wang, Roy Bittan, Roger Miller, Jeremy Spencer, and Merle Travis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Chick Webb ranks 325. Before him are Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Georges Grignard, Meade Lux Lewis, Antal Kocsis, Jacques Mairesse, and Helen Sawyer Hogg. After him are Lev Arnshtam, Mulk Raj Anand, Kay Francis, Leroy Carr, Robert Bacher, and Tommy Flowers. Among people deceased in 1939, Chick Webb ranks 132. Before him are Bautista Saavedra, Louis Eugène Roy, Hugo Jahnke, Alvah Meyer, Alfredo Panzini, and Siegfried Flesch. After him are Joseph Lyons, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, Charles Eastman, Aurelio Mosquera, Jens Bratlie, and Charlotte Despard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chick Webb ranks 9,362 out of 18,182. Before him are Sheldon Leonard (1907), Fat Joe (1970), Willie Steele (1923), Percy Heath (1923), Lynn-Holly Johnson (1958), and Edie Adams (1927). After him are Yip Harburg (1896), Penny Hardaway (1971), Andy Weir (1972), Marco Rubio (1971), Jim Loscutoff (1930), and Jay Harrington (1971).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Chick Webb ranks 739. Before him are Kevin Moore (1967), Juan Atkins (1962), Kristen Pfaff (1967), Tom Harrell (1946), Patrick Leonard (1956), and Percy Heath (1923). After him are Yip Harburg (1896), Roy Bittan (1949), Roger Miller (1936), Merle Travis (1917), Edwin Hawkins (1943), and Richie Kotzen (1970).

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