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Clifford Brown

1930 - 1956

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Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", and "Daahoud" have become jazz standards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clifford Brown has received more than 832,958 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Clifford Brown is the 629th most popular musician (down from 487th in 2019), the 3,240th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,648th in 2019) and the 188th most popular American Musician.

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  • 830k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Clifford Brown ranks 629 out of 3,175. Before him are Steve Howe, Bob Sinclar, Evgeny Kissin, Clive Burr, Anton Karas, and Klaus Voormann. After him are Jadranka Stojaković, Maxim Shostakovich, Damon Albarn, Carl Flesch, Mike Rutherford, and Ron Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Clifford Brown ranks 199. Before him are Jean Ferrat, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Pyotr Bolotnikov, Katherine Jackson, Walter Mischel, and John Barth. After him are Tadao Kobayashi, Néstor Almendros, Ernst Fuchs, Georges Descrières, Jean Vincent, and Károly Grósz. Among people deceased in 1956, Clifford Brown ranks 90. Before him are Meghnad Saha, Ernest King, Charles Joughin, Eduardo Lonardi, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, and André Marty. After him are Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Walter Gieseking, Victor Young, Carl Brockelmann, Marcel Griaule, and Mohammed Hussein Heikal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clifford Brown ranks 3,240 out of 20,380. Before him are Vito Acconci (1940), Roy Sullivan (1912), John Barth (1930), Jim Thorpe (1887), Sam Wood (1883), and Barbara O'Neil (1910). After him are Joel Asaph Allen (1838), Garret Hobart (1844), Lee Krasner (1908), Barry Goldwater (1909), Nancy Roman (1925), and Gall (1840).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Clifford Brown ranks 188. Before him are Tommy Bolin (1951), Stephen Kovacevich (1940), Ahmad Jamal (1930), Lindsey Buckingham (1949), Artie Shaw (1910), and Jelly Roll Morton (1890). After him are Ron Carter (1937), Joan Jett (1958), Victor Young (1900), Joe Pass (1929), Steve Gadd (1945), and Moondog (1916).

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