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Erroll Garner

1923 - 1977

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Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first recorded in 1956 with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, and played a prominent part in the 1971 motion picture Play Misty for Me.Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls him "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erroll Garner has received more than 740,880 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Erroll Garner is the 543rd most popular musician (up from 675th in 2019), the 2,799th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,489th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Erroll Garners by language

Over the past year Erroll Garner has had the most page views in the with 76,794 views, followed by French (13,923), and Japanese (12,445). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (217.68%), Bulgarian (107.39%), and Finnish (66.82%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Erroll Garner ranks 543 out of 3,175. Before him are Tom Fogerty, Guy Bonnet, Aldo Ciccolini, Murray Perahia, Buddy Guy, and Huey Lewis. After him are Bismillah Khan, Chet Atkins, Guido Cantelli, Art Pepper, Laurie Anderson, and David A. Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Erroll Garner ranks 135. Before him are Álvaro Mutis, Carl Djerassi, Arthur Hiller, Joseph Heller, Estelle Getty, and Lucía Hiriart. After him are Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Mario Brega, Tito Puente, Diana Douglas, Hans Riegel, and Peter Lawford. Among people deceased in 1977, Erroll Garner ranks 94. Before him are Delmer Daves, Shogo Kamo, Jacques Tourneur, Alexander Rodimtsev, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, and Pierre Clastres. After him are Samael Aun Weor, Pan Yuliang, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Ba Maw, Son Ngoc Thanh, and Nathan Homer Knorr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erroll Garner ranks 2,799 out of 20,380. Before him are Maxie Long (1878), Huey Lewis (1950), Estelle Getty (1923), Derrick Rose (1988), Joshua Fishman (1926), and Melissa McBride (1965). After him are Evelyn Fox Keller (1936), Monica Potter (1971), Rex Tillerson (1952), Chet Atkins (1924), Carmen Dell'Orefice (1931), and Helen Parkhurst (1886).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Erroll Garner ranks 162. Before him are James Kottak (1962), Tito Jackson (1953), Tom Fogerty (1941), Murray Perahia (1947), Buddy Guy (1936), and Huey Lewis (1950). After him are Chet Atkins (1924), Art Pepper (1925), Laurie Anderson (1947), Gene Krupa (1909), Duane Allman (1946), and Cannonball Adderley (1928).

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