MUSICIAN

Clark Terry

1920 - 2015

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Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke Ellington (1951–59), Quincy Jones (1960), and Oscar Peterson (1964–96). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clark Terry has received more than 502,007 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Clark Terry is the 895th most popular musician (up from 1,126th in 2019), the 4,393rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,511th in 2019) and the 285th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Clark Terry ranks 895 out of 3,175. Before him are Scott Bradley, Benny Carter, Charlie Christian, Kyung Wha Chung, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and Aphex Twin. After him are Jimmy Buffett, Eliades Ochoa, Manny Charlton, Teddy Wilson, Würzel, and Toshiko Akiyoshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Clark Terry ranks 213. Before him are Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Georges Marchal, Fernando Riera, Hannie Schaft, and Virginia Mayo. After him are Amos Tutuola, Camillo Felgen, Machiko Hasegawa, Danilo Alvim, Lea Padovani, and Augusto da Costa. Among people deceased in 2015, Clark Terry ranks 185. Before him are Judith Malina, Gottfried Diener, Movita Castaneda, Søren Kam, Evelyn Furtsch, and Hans Erni. After him are Michael Graves, Jeralean Talley, Jacques Sernas, Jon Vickers, Gerald Götting, and Ahmed Chalabi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clark Terry ranks 4,393 out of 20,380. Before him are B. J. Thomas (1942), Colm Feore (1958), Amy Madigan (1950), Antonio Fargas (1946), Arthur L. Newton (1883), and Melanie Thornton (1967). After him are Marion Ross (1928), Robert M. Parker Jr. (1947), Susan Strasberg (1938), Mickey Mantle (1931), Dorothy Arzner (1897), and Jimmy Buffett (1946).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Clark Terry ranks 285. Before him are Doug Clifford (1945), Maceo Parker (1943), Scott Bradley (1891), Benny Carter (1907), Charlie Christian (1916), and Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941). After him are Jimmy Buffett (1946), Teddy Wilson (1912), Alan Wilson (1943), Clarence Clemons (1942), Albert Ayler (1936), and Larry Coryell (1943).

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