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Jimmy Smith

1925 - 2005

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James Oscar Smith (December 8, 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician who helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music. In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that America bestows upon jazz musicians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Smith has received more than 141,019 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Smith is the 759th most popular musician (down from 649th in 2019), the 3,835th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,376th in 2019) and the 238th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jimmy Smith ranks 759 out of 3,175. Before him are Frank Beard, Pink Anderson, Željko Joksimović, Alice, Francisco Canaro, and Ira Gershwin. After him are Arkady Luxemburg, Theo Jörgensmann, Sigiswald Kuijken, Enrique Fernández Arbós, Dave Grohl, and Chrissie Hynde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Jimmy Smith ranks 196. Before him are Leo Ryan, Roy Medvedev, Ernst Stojaspal, Željko Čajkovski, Thor Vilhjálmsson, and Bernard Morel. After him are Lenny Bruce, Andrei Sinyavsky, Scott Carpenter, Edward Gorey, Michael Halliday, and Paul Wild. Among people deceased in 2005, Jimmy Smith ranks 129. Before him are Zoran Mušič, Eddie Albert, Vincent Gigante, Sergio Endrigo, Gordon Gould, and Raoul Bott. After him are Suzanne Flon, Alain Bombard, Zainab al Ghazali, Jacques Villeret, Alexander Gomelsky, and Milorad Pavić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Smith ranks 3,835 out of 20,380. Before him are Tia Carrere (1967), Ira Gershwin (1896), Michael Winslow (1958), Shannon Lee (1969), Gloria Foster (1933), and Ray Dolby (1933). After him are Chester Barnard (1886), Elizabeth Warren (1949), Stanley Schachter (1922), Randy Savage (1952), Jeffrey Jones (1946), and William Cranch Bond (1789).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jimmy Smith ranks 238. Before him are Eric Singer (1958), Wanda Jackson (1937), Jim Croce (1943), Frank Beard (1949), Pink Anderson (1900), and Ira Gershwin (1896). After him are Dave Grohl (1969), Chrissie Hynde (1951), Bob Seger (1945), Sam Phillips (1923), Earl Hines (1903), and Billy Sheehan (1953).

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