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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 473,382 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Eubie Blake is the 1,262nd most popular composer (down from 1,137th in 2019), the 9,767th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,839th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Composer.

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  • 3.35

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Eubie Blake ranks 1,262 out of 1,216Before him are Jerry Bock, Shirley Walker, Lou Harrison, Don Davis, Roy Harris, and David Newman. After him are Klaus Egge, Raymond Scott, Lennox Berkeley, George Fenton, Steve Jablonsky, and Fred Ebb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2, Eubie Blake ranks 1After him are Princess Josephine of Denmark and Prince Vincent of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1983, Eubie Blake ranks 224Before him are Derek J. de Solla Price, Billy Fury, Bjarne Pettersen, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Lynn Fontanne, and Sabino Bilbao. After him are Constantino Urbieta Sosa, Pedro Quartucci, Kai Winding, Frank Forde, Marie Mosquini, and Julio Rosales.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eubie Blake ranks 9,767 out of 18,182Before him are Robert Horry (1970), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), F. Gary Gray (1969), David Thompson (1953), Jeff Garlin (1962), and George Siegmann (1882). After him are Martin Davis (1928), Lisa Zane (1961), Florence La Badie (1888), Elliot Richardson (1920), Alma Bennett (1904), and Leonidas Polk (1806).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Eubie Blake ranks 109Before him are Jerry Bock (1928), Shirley Walker (1945), Lou Harrison (1917), Don Davis (1957), Roy Harris (1898), and David Newman (1954). After him are Raymond Scott (1908), Steve Jablonsky (1970), Fred Ebb (1928), Brian Tyler (1972), Joel Goldsmith (1957), and George Whitefield Chadwick (1854).