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Jimmy Dorsey

1904 - 1957

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James Francis Dorsey (February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards "I'm Glad There Is You (In This World of Ordinary People)" and "It's The Dreamer In Me". His other major recordings were "Tailspin", "John Silver", "So Many Times", "Amapola", "Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)", "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Frances Langford, "Grand Central Getaway", and "So Rare". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Dorsey has received more than 640,506 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jimmy Dorsey is the 1,507th most popular musician (up from 1,639th in 2019), the 7,599th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,236th in 2019) and the 547th most popular American Musician.

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  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jimmy Dorsey ranks 1,507 out of 3,175. Before him are Masaharu Fukuyama, Tommy Johnson, Jim Capaldi, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Albert Lee, and Vasily Andreyev. After him are Simon Gallup, John Dolmayan, Elton Dean, Liam Howlett, Jeff Mills, and Bobby Keys.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Jimmy Dorsey ranks 266. Before him are Humberto Elgueta, Bernard Schmetz, Gladys George, Roberto Figueroa, Bernard Lonergan, and Gavriil Popov. After him are Georges Miez, Jacqueline Logan, Sabin Carr, Zé Luiz, Ivor Montagu, and Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz. Among people deceased in 1957, Jimmy Dorsey ranks 182. Before him are Percy Hobart, Devdas Gandhi, Anna Haava, Alfredo Gollini, Ken Wharton, and Zenón Noriega Agüero. After him are Ernesto Chaparro, Guillermo Saavedra, Dennis Brain, José Patricio Guggiari, Herbert MacKay-Fraser, and Judy Tyler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Dorsey ranks 7,599 out of 20,380. Before him are William Cullen Bryant (1794), Bob Welch (1945), Barbara Loden (1932), Bernard Hopkins (1965), Alley Mills (1951), and Barbara Broccoli (1960). After him are Candace Bushnell (1958), Paige Turco (1965), Andrew McCarthy (1962), David R. Ellis (1952), Kasey Rogers (1925), and Larry James (1947).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jimmy Dorsey ranks 547. Before him are Cassandra Wilson (1955), Duane Eddy (1938), Bobby Timmons (1935), Skrillex (1988), Carol Kaye (1935), and Tommy Johnson (1896). After him are Jeff Mills (1963), Bobby Keys (1943), Tony Carey (1953), Allen Collins (1952), Kenny Drew (1928), and Bill Black (1926).

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