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Horace Silver

1928 - 2014

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Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at school in Connecticut, Silver got his break on piano when his trio was recruited by Stan Getz in 1950. Silver soon moved to New York City, where he developed a reputation as a composer and for his bluesy playing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horace Silver has received more than 860,523 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Horace Silver is the 727th most popular musician (down from 616th in 2019), the 3,675th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,226th in 2019) and the 225th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Horace Silver ranks 727 out of 3,175. Before him are Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Chucho Valdés, Avicii, John Illsley, Herb Alpert, and Willie Dixon. After him are Rick Astley, Ivan Mládek, Ron McGovney, Hilton Valentine, Tim Buckley, and Steve Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Horace Silver ranks 238. Before him are Maurice Sendak, Frederick Stafford, Robert Indiana, Ethel Kennedy, Bengt Gustavsson, and Franciszek Pieczka. After him are William Berger, Kevin Hagen, Pierre Étaix, Vincent Gigante, Orson Bean, and Hans Herrmann. Among people deceased in 2014, Horace Silver ranks 153. Before him are U. R. Ananthamurthy, Tadeusz Różewicz, Kumba Ialá, Manuel Uribe, James Rebhorn, and Vasiľ Biľak. After him are Tomaž Šalamun, Magda Olivero, Peret, Jorge María Mejía, Juan Gelman, and Anatoly Berezovoy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horace Silver ranks 3,675 out of 20,380. Before him are Willie Dixon (1915), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Rob Lowe (1964), La Monte Young (1935), Lucius D. Clay (1898), and Richard Anderson (1926). After him are Robert Zoellick (1953), Christopher Meloni (1961), Albert Ghiorso (1915), David Koch (1940), Linda Darnell (1923), and Tony Robbins (1960).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Horace Silver ranks 225. Before him are The Big Bopper (1930), Kenny Clarke (1914), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929), Max Roach (1924), Herb Alpert (1935), and Willie Dixon (1915). After him are Ron McGovney (1962), Tim Buckley (1947), Kerry King (1964), Bix Beiderbecke (1903), Jim Hall (1930), and McCoy Tyner (1938).

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