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Ray Barretto

1929 - 2006

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Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Latin jazz. His first hit, "El Watusi", was recorded by his Charanga Moderna in 1962, becoming the most successful pachanga song in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Barretto has received more than 436,472 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ray Barretto is the 1,100th most popular musician (down from 854th in 2019), the 5,356th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,267th in 2019) and the 401st most popular American Musician.

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  • 440k

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  • 48.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ray Barretto ranks 1,100 out of 2,662. Before him are Paul Bley, Buckethead, Carl Cox, Lou Donaldson, Charles Dancla, and Karl Bartos. After him are Vinnie Colaiuta, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Haynes, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Aurèle Nicolet, and Ross the Boss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Ray Barretto ranks 292. Before him are Gerry Anderson, Tomislav Crnković, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Petr Eben, Charles Antenen, and Richard Lewontin. After him are Rolan Bykov, Don Murray, Karl-Erik Palmér, Ninón Sevilla, Bazilio Olara-Okello, and James Shigeta. Among people deceased in 2006, Ray Barretto ranks 199. Before him are Arif Mardin, Jean-Louis de Rambures, Gert Fredriksson, Runer Jonsson, Tadao Onishi, and Fernando Romeo Lucas García. After him are Maxi Herber, Pjetër Arbnori, Max Merkel, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, Gene Pitney, and Betty Curtis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Barretto ranks 5,356 out of 18,182. Before him are Willis Reed (1942), Phyllis Schlafly (1924), Kim Raver (1969), Kim Dickens (1965), Michael Gross (1947), and Samuel Brannan (1819). After him are Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), Barry Sonnenfeld (1953), Angry Grandpa (1950), William Windom (1923), and Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ray Barretto ranks 401. Before him are Bobby Keys (1943), Renée Fleming (1959), Chester Thompson (1948), Linda Perry (1965), Buckethead (1969), and Lou Donaldson (1926). After him are Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), Wynton Marsalis (1961), Roy Haynes (1925), Ross the Boss (1954), Johnny Hodges (1906), and Lauryn Hill (1975).

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