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Fats Waller

1904 - 1943

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Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star in the jazz and swing eras, he toured internationally, achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fats Waller has received more than 1,963,128 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Fats Waller is the 763rd most popular musician (down from 678th in 2019), the 3,859th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,438th in 2019) and the 250th most popular American Musician.

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  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Fats Waller ranks 763 out of 2,662. Before him are Wanda Jackson, Peter Hammill, Johann Gottfried Piefke, Willie Dixon, Maynard Ferguson, and Krist Novoselic. After him are Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Osvaldo Pugliese, Oliver Riedel, Taj Mahal, Juan d'Arienzo, and John Norum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Fats Waller ranks 144. Before him are Antoun Saadeh, Pyotr Koshevoy, Nikos Skalkottas, Bruce Cabot, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, and Chishū Ryū. After him are Emilio Recoba, Aleksei Kapler, Daniel Guérin, Sergei Yutkevich, Pinhas Lavon, and Luigi Bertolini. Among people deceased in 1943, Fats Waller ranks 106. Before him are Ricardo Viñes, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Ruth Belville, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, and Yemelyan Yaroslavsky. After him are Bernhard Lichtenberg, Johann Niemann, Alojs Andritzki, Aliagha Shikhlinski, Tōson Shimazaki, and Anathon Aall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fats Waller ranks 3,859 out of 18,182. Before him are Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Martin Brest (1951), Chris Tucker (1971), and Krist Novoselic (1965). After him are Edith Wilson (1872), Kaʻahumanu (1768), Red Auerbach (1917), Lee Evans (1947), Ad Reinhardt (1913), and Dabbs Greer (1917).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Fats Waller ranks 250. Before him are Richie Havens (1941), Scott Bradley (1891), Elvin Jones (1927), Wanda Jackson (1937), Willie Dixon (1915), and Krist Novoselic (1965). After him are Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Taj Mahal (1942), Steve Lukather (1957), Teddy Wilson (1912), Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), and Jim Croce (1943).

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