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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 138,224 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jimmy Smith is the 651st most popular musician (down from 605th in 2019), the 3,384th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,158th in 2019) and the 206th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jimmy Smith ranks 651 out of 2,662. Before him are Ron Carter, Vanessa-Mae, Bill Bruford, Clarence Clemons, Ivan Mládek, and Smokey Robinson. After him are Vinnie Vincent, Robert Casadesus, Lazar Berman, Joe Walsh, James Taylor, and Carla Bley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Jimmy Smith ranks 167. Before him are Katherine MacGregor, Sergei Salnikov, Doris Hart, François-Xavier Ortoli, Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, and Arnaldo Forlani. After him are René Moawad, Elmore Leonard, Nancy Roman, Jørgen Ingmann, Eleonora Rossi Drago, and Farley Granger. Among people deceased in 2005, Jimmy Smith ranks 111. Before him are George P. Cosmatos, Ghena Dimitrova, Maurice Hilleman, Sangoulé Lamizana, Polina Astakhova, and Eddie Albert. After him are Lazar Berman, James Doohan, Vizma Belševica, Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Ronald Golias, and Polina Gelman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Smith ranks 3,384 out of 18,182. Before him are Anna Faris (1976), Lois Lowry (1937), Joanna Cassidy (1945), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Raymond Damadian (1936), and Rhonda Fleming (1923). After him are Joe Spinell (1936), Gustave Gilbert (1911), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Dermot Mulroney (1963), Laurens Hammond (1895), and Marcian Hoff (1937).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jimmy Smith ranks 206. Before him are Steve Gadd (1945), McCoy Tyner (1938), Ruggiero Ricci (1918), Ron Carter (1937), Clarence Clemons (1942), and Smokey Robinson (1940). After him are Vinnie Vincent (1952), Joe Walsh (1947), James Taylor (1948), Carla Bley (1936), Sean Combs (1969), and Bob Seger (1945).

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