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Gerald Wilson

1918 - 2014

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Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerald Wilson has received more than 171,033 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerald Wilson is the 2,170th most popular musician (down from 1,925th in 2019), the 11,360th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,042nd in 2019) and the 912th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gerald Wilson ranks 2,170 out of 2,662. Before him are Maxim Fadeev, Sverre Kjelsberg, Diplo, Alex Skolnick, Sean Kinney, and Patricia Kopatchinskaja. After him are Mick Harvey, Jon Oliva, Gail Ann Dorsey, Synyster Gates, Steve Angello, and James Iha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gerald Wilson ranks 278. Before him are Helen Wagner, Eddy Arnold, Peter Poreku Dery, Adolph Kiefer, Marian McPartland, and Fedor Samokhin. After him are Walt Faulkner, Bobby Troup, Marguerite Chapman, Arnold Stang, Fred Wacker, and Penaia Ganilau. Among people deceased in 2014, Gerald Wilson ranks 458. Before him are Tony Crook, Sahana Pradhan, Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Ruben Kun, and John Seigenthaler. After him are Ann B. Davis, Zohra Sehgal, Béla Várady, Viscera, Peter Sculthorpe, and John Houbolt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gerald Wilson ranks 11,360 out of 18,182. Before him are Charles Vinci (1933), Elisabeth Harnois (1979), Jan Davis (1953), Dorothy Allison (1949), Ron Brown (1941), and Jesse James (1969). After him are Fiona Apple (1977), Stephen Chbosky (1970), Richard G. Hovannisian (1932), Bill Gosper (1943), Edie Brickell (1966), and Jim Fuchs (1927).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Gerald Wilson ranks 912. Before him are Johnny Van Zant (1960), Maria Schneider (1960), Kim Thayil (1960), Diplo (1978), Alex Skolnick (1968), and Sean Kinney (1966). After him are Jon Oliva (1959), Gail Ann Dorsey (1962), Synyster Gates (1981), James Iha (1968), Ontronik Khachaturian (1975), and Twiggy Ramirez (1971).

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