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Gary Burton

1943 - Today

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Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943) is an American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator. Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the prevailing two-mallet technique. This approach caused him to be heralded as an innovator, and his sound and technique are widely imitated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Burton has received more than 547,848 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Burton is the 780th most popular musician (up from 840th in 2019), the 3,954th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,184th in 2019) and the 245th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gary Burton ranks 780 out of 3,175. Before him are Earl Hines, Klaus Tennstedt, Carl Palmer, Paul van Dyk, Billy Sheehan, and Stephen Heller. After him are Jean-Luc Ponty, Andi Deris, Grover Washington Jr., Jan Johansson, Haruomi Hosono, and Mick Fleetwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Gary Burton ranks 279. Before him are Milan Nenadić, Leo Kinnunen, Ronnie Spector, Charles P. Thacker, Robert Crumb, and Antal Dunai. After him are Kirin Kiki, Grover Washington Jr., Ramón Grosso, Ignacio Ramonet, Scott Walker, and Valerie Perrine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Burton ranks 3,954 out of 20,380. Before him are Brad Bird (1957), David Boreanaz (1969), Jay Cutler (1973), Hal Ashby (1929), Tom Ewell (1909), and John W. McCormack (1891). After him are Scott Carpenter (1925), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), Nikos Galis (1957), Jean Peters (1926), and Mack Swain (1876).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Gary Burton ranks 245. Before him are Dave Grohl (1969), Chrissie Hynde (1951), Bob Seger (1945), Sam Phillips (1923), Earl Hines (1903), and Billy Sheehan (1953). After him are Grover Washington Jr. (1943), Scott Walker (1943), Stewart Copeland (1952), Krist Novoselic (1965), Marky Ramone (1952), and T-Bone Walker (1910).

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