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Kenny Clarke

1914 - 1985

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Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914 – January 26, 1985), known professionally as Kenny Clarke and nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-hat, along with the use of the bass drum for irregular accents ("dropping bombs"). Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was orphaned at the age of about five and began playing the drums when he was eight or nine on the urging of a teacher at his orphanage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenny Clarke has received more than 349,200 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Kenny Clarke is the 616th most popular musician (up from 721st in 2019), the 3,212th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,669th in 2019) and the 191st most popular American Musician.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kenny Clarke ranks 616 out of 2,662Before him are Mark Hollis, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Enrico Toselli, GG Allin, Michael Stipe, and Chaka Khan. After him are Robert Palmer, Horace Silver, Peter Cetera, Ric Ocasek, Robert Smith, and Vladimir Sofronitsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Kenny Clarke ranks 127Before him are Paul Tortelier, Maxim of Bulgaria, Joe Shuster, Baba Amte, Howard Fast, and Sun Ra. After him are Yahya Khan, Martin Ritt, Taisen Deshimaru, Jens Otto Krag, Budd Schulberg, and Frances Oldham Kelsey. Among people deceased in 1985, Kenny Clarke ranks 83Before him are Vladimir Jankélévitch, Karl Menger, Tapio Wirkkala, Alfredo Foni, Lovro von Matačić, and Hermann Priess. After him are Evgeny Lifshitz, Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, Julia Robinson, Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, André Hunebelle, and Taizo Kawamoto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenny Clarke ranks 3,212 out of 18,182Before him are Christina Ricci (1980), Mimsy Farmer (1945), Sarah Paulson (1974), Chaka Khan (1953), David Ogden Stiers (1942), and Sun Ra (1914). After him are Steve Bannon (1953), Rainn Wilson (1966), Erik Estrada (1949), Fergie (1975), Levi P. Morton (1824), and Alfred P. Sloan (1875).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Kenny Clarke ranks 191Before him are Jeff Buckley (1966), Marty Friedman (1962), Frank Beard (1949), GG Allin (1956), Michael Stipe (1960), and Chaka Khan (1953). After him are Horace Silver (1928), Peter Cetera (1944), Ric Ocasek (1949), Suzanne Vega (1959), Max Roach (1924), and Benny Golson (1929).