MUSICIAN

McCoy Tyner

1938 - 2020

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Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938 – March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965, and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Grammy Award winner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of McCoy Tyner has received more than 1,150,791 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. McCoy Tyner is the 742nd most popular musician (down from 641st in 2019), the 3,773rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,335th in 2019) and the 231st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, McCoy Tyner ranks 742 out of 3,175. Before him are David Garrett, Kerry King, Fritz Busch, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Bix Beiderbecke, and Jim Hall. After him are Karol Mikuli, Eric Singer, Pierre Baillot, Christian Ferdinand Abel, Rudolf Barshai, and John Miles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, McCoy Tyner ranks 221. Before him are Lawrence Block, Grethe Ingmann, Eiko Ishioka, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Michel Duchaussoy, and Behrouz Vossoughi. After him are Juan Carlos Wasmosy, Michael Löwy, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, José Torres, Andrei Amalrik, and Theodor Kallifatides. Among people deceased in 2020, McCoy Tyner ranks 217. Before him are Pierino Prati, Silvio Marzolini, Daria Nicolodi, Mad Mike Hoare, Lee Konitz, and Orson Bean. After him are Milton Glaser, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Robert Shavlakadze, Marian Jaworski, Ernesto Brambilla, and Alex Olmedo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, McCoy Tyner ranks 3,773 out of 20,380. Before him are Eugene Stoner (1922), Isadore Singer (1924), Maurice Karnaugh (1924), Jim Hall (1930), Lunalilo (1835), and Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951). After him are Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Black Hawk (1767), Jim Rohn (1930), Eric Singer (1958), Edna Parker (1893), and Gladys Knight (1944).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, McCoy Tyner ranks 231. Before him are Horace Silver (1928), Ron McGovney (1962), Tim Buckley (1947), Kerry King (1964), Bix Beiderbecke (1903), and Jim Hall (1930). After him are Eric Singer (1958), Wanda Jackson (1937), Jim Croce (1943), Frank Beard (1949), Pink Anderson (1900), and Ira Gershwin (1896).

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