MUSICIAN

Harry James

1916 - 1983

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Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band to great commercial success from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947, but shortly after he reorganized and was active again with his band from then until his death in 1983. He was especially known among musicians for his technical proficiency as well as his tone, and was influential on new trumpet players from the late 1930s into the 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry James has received more than 1,281,369 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Harry James is the 1,108th most popular musician (up from 1,127th in 2019), the 5,420th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,513th in 2019) and the 379th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Harry James ranks 1,108 out of 3,175. Before him are Yakov Zak, Henry Cowell, Julius Klengel, Markos Vamvakaris, Hank Marvin, and Hank Mobley. After him are Leon Fleisher, Thad Jones, Yuki Kajiura, Vinnie Colaiuta, Kenny Burrell, and Anthony Phillips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Harry James ranks 167. Before him are Anne Hébert, Halet Çambel, Herbert Friedman, Johnny Claes, Tatevik Sazandaryan, and Bruno Chizzo. After him are Herbert Norkus, Adriana Caselotti, Eugene McCarthy, Jacob Talmon, Hidetoki Takahashi, and Fernando Lamas. Among people deceased in 1983, Harry James ranks 143. Before him are Oddbjørn Hagen, Bart Bok, Valentín González, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Gunnar Thoroddsen, and Adrian Boult. After him are Émile Veinante, Higinio Morínigo, Rudolf Wolters, Semyon Ignatyev, Arvīds Pelše, and George Hodgson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry James ranks 5,420 out of 20,380. Before him are Anthony Mackie (1978), James Buchanan Duke (1856), Ian Ziering (1964), Don Schollander (1946), Hank Mobley (1930), and Susan Cabot (1927). After him are Leon Fleisher (1928), Kyle Chandler (1965), Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906), Thad Jones (1923), Leslie Grossman (1971), and William Cohen (1940).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Harry James ranks 379. Before him are Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941), Art Farmer (1928), Pat Martino (1944), Tom Hamilton (1951), Henry Cowell (1897), and Hank Mobley (1930). After him are Leon Fleisher (1928), Thad Jones (1923), Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), Kenny Burrell (1931), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), and Fletcher Henderson (1897).

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