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Kid Ory

1886 - 1973

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Edward "Kid" Ory (December 25, 1886 – January 23, 1973) was an American jazz composer, trombonist and bandleader. One of the early users of the glissando technique, he helped establish it as a central element of New Orleans jazz. He was born near LaPlace, Louisiana and moved to New Orleans on his 21st birthday, to Los Angeles in 1910 and to Chicago in 1925. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kid Ory has received more than 308,900 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Kid Ory is the 1,070th most popular musician (down from 939th in 2019), the 5,267th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,633rd in 2019) and the 358th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kid Ory ranks 1,070 out of 3,175. Before him are Fats Navarro, Marcel Moyse, Bonnie Raitt, Louis Jordan, Yiruma, and Francis Goya. After him are Ronnie Radke, Gene Autry, Pino Daniele, Max von Schillings, Johnny Hodges, and Ilaiyaraaja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Kid Ory ranks 191. Before him are G. I. Taylor, Muthulakshmi Reddy, August Rei, Aleksei Kruchyonykh, Rebecca Clarke, and Lupu Pick. After him are Jenő Károly, Ed Wynn, Karl Struss, Boris Eikhenbaum, Alfonso López Pumarejo, and Mark Aldanov. Among people deceased in 1973, Kid Ory ranks 160. Before him are Nancy Mitford, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Armas Toivonen, Louis St. Laurent, Alina Szapocznikow, and Joe E. Brown. After him are David Murray, Charles Daniels, Alexander Rou, Hilda Geiringer, Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and İbrahim Kaypakkaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kid Ory ranks 5,267 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Johnson (1954), Mae Jemison (1956), Murray Leinster (1896), Joan Mitchell (1925), Elmo Lincoln (1889), and Taraji P. Henson (1970). After him are Timothy D. Snyder (1969), Toni Braxton (1967), Jon Brion (1963), Ronnie Radke (1983), Erik Olin Wright (1947), and Vanessa Hudgens (1988).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Kid Ory ranks 358. Before him are Pat Smear (1959), Tony Visconti (1944), Sterling Morrison (1942), Fats Navarro (1923), Bonnie Raitt (1949), and Louis Jordan (1908). After him are Ronnie Radke (1983), Gene Autry (1907), Johnny Hodges (1906), Albert Collins (1932), David Sanborn (1945), and Grant Green (1935).

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