COMPOSER

Eubie Blake

2 - 1983

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James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals written and directed by African Americans. Blake's compositions included such hits as "Bandana Days", "Charleston Rag", "Love Will Find a Way", "Memories of You" and "I'm Just Wild About Harry". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eubie Blake has received more than 508,577 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Eubie Blake is the 1,344th most popular composer (down from 1,260th in 2019), the 10,150th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,745th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Composer.

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  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Eubie Blake ranks 1,344 out of 1,451. Before him are Bruce Broughton, Claude Vivier, Dave Stewart, Jesper Kyd, Mark Mancina, and Jerry Bock. After him are David Rose, Lowell Mason, Anne Dudley, Qigang Chen, Robert Russell Bennett, and George Butterworth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2, Eubie Blake ranks 1. After him are Princess Josephine of Denmark, and Prince Vincent of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1983, Eubie Blake ranks 245. Before him are Friedrich Scherfke, Momčilo Đokić, Bo Ekelund, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Claude Vivier, and Sabino Bilbao. After him are Rezső Somlai, Stefan Skoumal, Rudolf Kotormány, Franco Trincavelli, Frank Forde, and Thomas S. Gates Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eubie Blake ranks 10,150 out of 20,380. Before him are Marceline Day (1908), Jerry Bock (1928), Robert Byrne (1928), Peter Orlovsky (1933), Bob Gibson (1935), and Charles Sands (1865). After him are Alex Grey (1953), Scott Baio (1960), Annabeth Gish (1971), Ailee (1989), Elizabeth Dole (1936), and John Miller (1903).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Eubie Blake ranks 114. Before him are Christopher Young (1958), John Debney (1956), Earl Scruggs (1924), Bruce Broughton (1945), Mark Mancina (1957), and Jerry Bock (1928). After him are Lowell Mason (1792), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), Roy Harris (1898), Jerry Herman (1931), Shirley Walker (1945), and Stephen Schwartz (1948).

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