MUSICIAN

Marian McPartland

1918 - 2013

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Margaret Marian McPartland OBE (née Turner; 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011.After her marriage to trumpeter Jimmy McPartland in February 1945, she resided in the United States when not travelling throughout the world to perform. In 1969, she founded Halcyon Records, a recording company that issued albums for 10 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marian McPartland has received more than 340,313 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Marian McPartland is the 2,218th most popular musician (down from 2,101st in 2019), the 5,571st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,147th in 2019) and the 373rd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marian McPartlands by language

Over the past year Marian McPartland has had the most page views in the with 31,484 views, followed by French (1,963), and German (1,657). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (122.13%), Simple English (87.06%), and Southern Azerbaijani (54.55%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Marian McPartland ranks 2,218 out of 3,175Before her are Shirley Scott, Peter Giles, Les Claypool, Eddie Harris, Buck Owens, and Silje Nergaard. After her are Vitalic, Yasunori Mitsuda, John Glascock, Peter Noone, Stanley Jordan, and Roope Latvala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Marian McPartland ranks 320Before her are Richard Greene, Wilf Mannion, Dick Gibson, P. H. Newby, Kaaren Verne, and Marguerite Chapman. After her are Dave Bartholomew, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Griffin Bell, Sid Abel, Ntsu Mokhehle, and Allenby Chilton. Among people deceased in 2013, Marian McPartland ranks 473Before her are Louis-Paul M'Fédé, Ilya Segalovich, Reg Presley, Sylvia Browne, Vladimir Vikulov, and Peter Broadbent. After her are Shamshad Begum, Fred Martin, Eeva Ruoppa, Antonio Jasso, Jo Benkow, and Stanisław Szozda.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marian McPartland ranks 5,571 out of 8,785Before her are Peter Giles (1944), William Allen (1532), Ron Springett (1935), Michael Park (1966), Alex Miller (1949), and Annie Speirs (1889). After her are George Peele (1556), John Glascock (1951), Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873), Barry Unsworth (1930), Peter Noone (1947), and Mary Berry (1935).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Marian McPartland ranks 373Before her are Andrew Davis (1944), Andy Powell (1950), Steven Isserlis (1958), Dominic Howard (1977), Tom Chaplin (1979), and Peter Giles (1944). After her are John Glascock (1951), Peter Noone (1947), Passenger (1984), William Orbit (1956), Andy Fairweather Low (1948), and Michael Moran (1948).