MUSICIAN

Oscar Pettiford

1922 - 1960

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Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Pettiford has received more than 201,016 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Oscar Pettiford is the 1,443rd most popular musician (down from 1,315th in 2019), the 7,261st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,582nd in 2019) and the 520th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Oscar Pettifords by language

Over the past year Oscar Pettiford has had the most page views in the with 22,278 views, followed by French (3,677), and German (3,132). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (71.74%), Egyptian Arabic (59.23%), and Finnish (38.79%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Oscar Pettiford ranks 1,443 out of 3,175Before him are Jay Kay, Sonny Clark, Terje Rypdal, Emppu Vuorinen, Diamanda Galás, and Alan Clark. After him are Maynard James Keenan, Nuno Bettencourt, Larry Graham, Issay Dobrowen, Paul Kossoff, and Buddy DeFranco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Oscar Pettiford ranks 310Before him are Riccardo Carapellese, Marin Preda, Alfred G. Knudson, Božo Broketa, China Zorrilla, and Hannelore Schroth. After him are Edwin Vásquez, Kathryn Grayson, Marcel Mouloudji, Nancy Walker, Mariya Polivanova, and Coleen Gray. Among people deceased in 1960, Oscar Pettiford ranks 179Before him are Georgi Kyoseivanov, Lya Mara, René Maran, Ángel Cabrera, Vicente Piera, and Vladimir Dimitrov. After him are Alexandre Lippmann, Diana Barrymore, Lewis Sheldon, Ian Keith, José Serrato, and Luiz Vinhaes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oscar Pettiford ranks 7,261 out of 20,380Before him are Buddy Hackett (1924), Ellsworth Huntington (1876), Joyce Van Patten (1934), Alan Dean Foster (1946), Jimmy Kimmel (1967), and Vic Damone (1928). After him are Clyfford Still (1904), Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), Jack Finney (1911), Kathryn Grayson (1922), Molly Ringwald (1968), and Vikki Carr (1941).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Oscar Pettiford ranks 520Before him are Slim Harpo (1924), Nat Adderley (1931), Janis Ian (1951), Luther Allison (1939), Sonny Clark (1931), and Diamanda Galás (1955). After him are Maynard James Keenan (1964), Larry Graham (1946), Buddy DeFranco (1923), Joseph Williams (1960), David Tudor (1926), and Leslie West (1945).