MUSICIAN

Louis Jordan

1908 - 1975

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Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "the King of the Jukebox", he earned his highest profile towards the end of the swing era. Specializing in the alto sax, Jordan played all forms of the saxophone, as well as piano and clarinet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Jordan has received more than 1,040,919 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Jordan is the 1,067th most popular musician (down from 1,027th in 2019), the 5,246th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,034th in 2019) and the 357th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Louis Jordan ranks 1,067 out of 3,175. Before him are Tony Visconti, Sterling Morrison, János Bihari, Fats Navarro, Marcel Moyse, and Bonnie Raitt. After him are Yiruma, Francis Goya, Kid Ory, Ronnie Radke, Gene Autry, and Pino Daniele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Louis Jordan ranks 225. Before him are Oddbjørn Hagen, Percy Faith, Nicholas Kurti, Aleksander Ford, Jenő Vincze, and František Kriegel. After him are Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Teizo Takeuchi, Tommaso Landolfi, Tullio Pinelli, Helen Jacobs, and Francesco Camusso. Among people deceased in 1975, Louis Jordan ranks 146. Before him are Plínio Salgado, Kyusaku Ogino, Mary Ure, Victor Marijnen, Gary Thain, and Willy Böckl. After him are Murray Leinster, George Marshall, Charles Journet, Morgan Taylor, Dave Alexander, and Knut Kroon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Jordan ranks 5,246 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Demuth (1883), Robert Keohane (1941), Richard Sheldon (1878), Melissa Mathison (1950), Stand Watie (1806), and Lloyd Alexander (1924). After him are Wes Unseld (1946), Rosalind E. Krauss (1941), Jack Kramer (1921), Mark Rolston (1956), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), and Ann Dowd (1956).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Louis Jordan ranks 357. Before him are Buddy Bolden (1877), Pat Smear (1959), Tony Visconti (1944), Sterling Morrison (1942), Fats Navarro (1923), and Bonnie Raitt (1949). After him are Kid Ory (1886), Ronnie Radke (1983), Gene Autry (1907), Johnny Hodges (1906), Albert Collins (1932), and David Sanborn (1945).

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