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MUSICIAN

George Shearing

1919 - 2011

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Sir George Albert Shearing (13 August 1919 – 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Shearing has received more than 489,962 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). George Shearing is the 852nd most popular musician (up from 950th in 2019), the 2,405th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,608th in 2019) and the 147th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, George Shearing ranks 852 out of 2,662Before him are Milt Jackson, David Garrett, Floyd Westerman, Rita Lee, Brian Connolly, and Tommy Thayer. After him are Philip Catherine, Joey Jordison, Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Jordan Rudess, Lili Kraus, and Adolf Busch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, George Shearing ranks 157Before him are Rie Mastenbroek, Pierre Gamarra, Mariano Martín, Albert Batteux, Vikram Sarabhai, and Hans Hermann Groër. After him are Anita O'Day, Franco Rossi, Tamara Toumanova, Billy Vaughn, Hans Hass, and Michèle Arnaud. Among people deceased in 2011, George Shearing ranks 176Before him are John Neville, Otakar Vávra, Claude Choules, Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Alfonso Cano, and Michael S. Hart. After him are Ladislav Novák, Lilian Jackson Braun, Wiel Coerver, Erhard Loretan, M. F. Husain, and Yevhen Rudakov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Shearing ranks 2,405 out of 7,765Before him are Leo Genn (1905), Edmund Gwenn (1877), William Gull (1816), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Brian Connolly (1945), and Lady Sarah Chatto (1964). After him are William Martin (1767), Chris Vance (1971), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Philip Catherine (1942), Dorian Yates (1962), and Alfred Deller (1912).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, George Shearing ranks 147Before him are Steve Jones (1955), Snowy White (1948), Ian Hill (1952), Burial (2000), Al Stewart (1945), and Brian Connolly (1945). After him are Philip Catherine (1942), James Galway (1939), Simon Phillips (1957), Fatboy Slim (1963), Pete Burns (1959), and Mel Collins (1947).