MUSICIAN

Dorival Caymmi

1914 - 2008

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Dorival Caymmi (Brazilian Portuguese: [doɾiˈvaw kaˈĩmi]; April 30, 1914 – August 16, 2008) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter active for more than 70 years, beginning in 1933. He contributed to the birth of Brazil's bossa nova movement, and several of his samba pieces, such as "Samba da Minha Terra", "Doralice" and "Saudade da Bahia", have become staples of música popular brasileira (MPB). Equally notable are his ballads celebrating the fishermen and women of Bahia, including "Promessa de Pescador", "O Que É Que a Baiana Tem?", and "Milagre". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorival Caymmi has received more than 167,593 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Dorival Caymmi is the 830th most popular musician (down from 724th in 2019), the 309th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 233rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Brazilian Musician.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dorival Caymmi ranks 830 out of 3,175. Before him are Floyd Council, John Petrucci, Snowy White, Éric Serra, Milt Jackson, and Adrien-François Servais. After him are Mischa Elman, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Peter Winter, Arturo Sandoval, Robert Casadesus, and Mulatu Astatke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Dorival Caymmi ranks 180. Before him are Gyula Cseszneky, Alojs Andritzki, Paul Rand, E. G. Marshall, Giuseppe Baldo, and Lajos Baróti. After him are Magda Frank, Kazimierz Świątek, Jorge Bolet, Aníbal Troilo, Sam Manekshaw, and Beatrice Straight. Among people deceased in 2008, Dorival Caymmi ranks 152. Before him are León Febres Cordero, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Robert Mulligan, Claude Abbes, Robert Prosky, and Dee Dee Warwick. After him are Yury Glazkov, Stan Winston, Sven Davidson, Sam Manekshaw, Stanley Kamel, and Freddie Hubbard.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Dorival Caymmi ranks 309 out of 2,236. Before him are Carlos Luz (1894), Marcos Valle (1943), Valdo Filho (1964), Monteiro Lobato (1882), Zilda Arns (1934), and Luís Fabiano (1980). After him are Renato Portaluppi (1962), Olavo de Carvalho (1947), Gilberto Silva (1976), Casemiro (1992), Filipe Luís (1985), and Bigode (1922).

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Among MUSICIANS In Brazil

Among musicians born in Brazil, Dorival Caymmi ranks 17. Before him are Nelson Freire (1944), Hermeto Pascoal (1936), Zequinha de Abreu (1880), Max Cavalera (1969), Luiz Bonfá (1922), and Marcos Valle (1943). After him are Airto Moreira (1941), Ivan Lins (1945), Eumir Deodato (1942), Laurindo Almeida (1917), Kiko Loureiro (1972), and Pixinguinha (1897).

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