MUSICIAN

Kenny Ball

1930 - 2013

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Kenneth Daniel Ball (22 May 1930 – 7 March 2013) was an English jazz musician, best known as the bandleader, lead trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenny Ball has received more than 402,415 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenny Ball is the 2,743rd most popular musician, the 6,695th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 444th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kenny Ball ranks 2,743 out of 3,175Before him are Oxxxymiron, Stephen Hough, Jerry Allison, Brooks Wackerman, Jerry Heil, and The-Dream. After him are Marko Kon, Tim McCord, Albert Hammond Jr., Frank Iero, Sully Erna, and Robert Lopez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kenny Ball ranks 645Before him are Windsor Davies, Barbara Lawrence, Tony Madigan, Jagjit Kaur, Lawton Chiles, and Adebayo Adedeji. After him are Charles Rangel, Terry Nation, Olene Walker, Grace Ogot, Carlos Loyzaga, and Richie Benaud. Among people deceased in 2013, Kenny Ball ranks 530Before him are Barbara Lawrence, Allan Simonsen, Philippe Gaumont, Risë Stevens, Lee Thompson Young, and Chi Cheng. After him are Chrissy Amphlett, Harry F. Byrd Jr., C. Everett Koop, Rituparno Ghosh, Jean Pickering, and Thompson Oliha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenny Ball ranks 6,695 out of 8,785Before him are John Hopkins (1975), Olly Murs (1984), Alan Pascoe (1947), Roy Carroll (1977), Matt Ryan (1981), and Kenny Burns (1953). After him are Walter D'Hondt (1936), Oli McBurnie (1996), Sophie Rundle (1988), Ken MacLeod (1954), Richard Hawley (1967), and Veronica Carlson (1944).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Kenny Ball ranks 444Before him are Squarepusher (1975), Morgan Nicholls (1971), Paul Arthurs (1965), Burial (2000), Hallucinogen (1971), and Stephen Hough (1961). After him are Flood (1960), Nellee Hooper (1963), John Digweed (1967), Chicane (1971), Edward Shearmur (1966), and Paul McGuigan (1971).