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Louie Bellson

1924 - 2009

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Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paolino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie, was an American jazz drummer. He was a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator, and is credited with pioneering the use of two bass drums.Bellson and his wife, actress and singer Pearl Bailey (married from 1952 until Bailey's death in 1990), had the second highest number of appearances at the White House (only Bob Hope had more). Bellson was a vice president at Remo, a drum company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louie Bellson has received more than 630,829 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Louie Bellson is the 2,176th most popular musician (down from 2,055th in 2019), the 11,539th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,714th in 2019) and the 874th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Louie Bellsons by language

Over the past year Louie Bellson has had the most page views in the with 131,900 views, followed by German (3,108), and Spanish (2,374). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (88.02%), Finnish (29.02%), and Hungarian (25.17%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Louie Bellson ranks 2,176 out of 3,175. Before him are Ibrahim Maalouf, Hevia, Beatrice Ohanessian, Tom Paxton, Oscar Levant, and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. After him are Bob Burns, Roy Hargrove, Des'ree, Glen Benton, Charlie Barnet, and Stuart Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Louie Bellson ranks 472. Before him are Nek Chand, William H. Gass, Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Terry Southern, Ivan Udodov, and Tapan Sinha. After him are Jimmy Rogers, Vajiha Samadova, Mal Whitfield, Jo Benkow, Wendell Ford, and Frank Press. Among people deceased in 2009, Louie Bellson ranks 369. Before him are Brenda Joyce, Stanislav Markelov, Paul Burke, Mohammed Yusuf, Oswald Karch, and Tapan Sinha. After him are Ellie Greenwich, Lucy Gordon, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Aldo Valentini, Alfred Swift, and Peter Persidis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louie Bellson ranks 11,539 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Paxton (1937), George Bonhag (1882), Sumner Welles (1892), Oscar Levant (1906), Ann Coulter (1961), and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (1969). After him are Bob Burns (1950), Robert Warwick (1878), Brian Stepanek (1971), Bert Vogelstein (1949), Pauline Bush (1886), and Brian Acton (1972).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Louie Bellson ranks 874. Before him are Hank Ballard (1927), Marcella Detroit (1952), Larry Young (1940), Tom Paxton (1937), Oscar Levant (1906), and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (1969). After him are Bob Burns (1950), Roy Hargrove (1969), Glen Benton (1967), Charlie Barnet (1913), Harry Carney (1910), and Chuck Leavell (1952).

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