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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 747,549 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Erroll Garner is the 677th most popular musician (down from 468th in 2019), the 3,499th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,489th in 2019) and the 220th most popular American Musician.

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  • 52.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Erroll Garner ranks 677 out of 2,662. Before him are Kenny Loggins, Bob Sinclar, Tito Jackson, Don Felder, Herb Alpert, and Jenő Hubay. After him are Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Adam Levine, Tim Buckley, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Scotty Moore, and Mike Rutherford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Erroll Garner ranks 159. Before him are Joseph Weizenbaum, Jean Hagen, Rhonda Fleming, Holden Roberto, Carl Djerassi, and Ferenc Szusza. After him are Sam Francis, Cesare Siepi, Inge Morath, Ellsworth Kelly, Evelyn McHale, and Ziba Ganiyeva. Among people deceased in 1977, Erroll Garner ranks 103. Before him are Kōichi Kido, Sumitranandan Pant, Nathan Homer Knorr, Jean Hagen, Gustave Gilbert, and Fawzi al-Qawuqji. After him are Son Ngoc Thanh, Ivan Fedyuninsky, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Ba Maw, Isaac Boleslavsky, and Alexander Tcherepnin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erroll Garner ranks 3,499 out of 18,182. Before him are Joel Grey (1932), Akon (1973), Julie Harris (1925), Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), Edward Gorey (1925), and Sally Hemings (1773). After him are Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Adam Levine (1979), Edward Bellamy (1850), Steve Perry (1949), Deke Slayton (1924), and Stephen Cole Kleene (1909).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Erroll Garner ranks 220. Before him are Maceo Parker (1943), Jerry Garcia (1942), Kenny Loggins (1948), Tito Jackson (1953), Don Felder (1947), and Herb Alpert (1935). After him are Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Adam Levine (1979), Tim Buckley (1947), Scotty Moore (1931), The Big Bopper (1930), and Paul Kantner (1941).

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