MUSICIAN

Ray Bryant

1931 - 2011

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Raphael Homer "Ray" Bryant (December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Bryant has received more than 166,502 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ray Bryant is the 1,790th most popular musician (down from 1,698th in 2019), the 9,034th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,572nd in 2019) and the 683rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ray Bryant ranks 1,790 out of 3,175Before him are Ray Evans, Brian Downey, Joe South, Dave Hill, Elizabeth Cotten, and Chris Hillman. After him are Lonnie Johnson, Roy Ayers, Wayne Static, John Patitucci, Avishai Cohen, and Ronald Brautigam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ray Bryant ranks 487Before him are Věra Suková, Jimmy Stewart, Frank Auerbach, Leyla Erbil, Gert Hofmann, and Valeriu Bularca. After him are Hanoi Hannah, Nadja Regin, Sven Delblanc, Mitzi Gaynor, Billy Bingham, and Te Atairangikaahu. Among people deceased in 2011, Ray Bryant ranks 389Before him are Marianna Nagy, Loleatta Holloway, Assar Rönnlund, Frank Buckles, Aleksei Mamykin, and Dolores Fuller. After him are Ingrid Sandahl, Yozhef Betsa, Lennart Magnusson, Chen Muhua, G. D. Spradlin, and Paul Motian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Bryant ranks 9,034 out of 20,380Before him are Jay O. Sanders (1953), Jesse Plemons (1988), Carmine Caridi (1934), Milt Kahl (1909), Elizabeth Cotten (1893), and Chris Hillman (1944). After him are William Stanley Jr. (1858), Dolores Huerta (1930), Mary Stuart Masterson (1966), Mildred Wiley (1901), Kevin Von Erich (1957), and Lonnie Johnson (1899).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ray Bryant ranks 683Before him are Earl Wild (1915), Mel Tormé (1925), Ray Evans (1915), Joe South (1940), Elizabeth Cotten (1893), and Chris Hillman (1944). After him are Lonnie Johnson (1899), Roy Ayers (1940), Wayne Static (1965), John Patitucci (1959), Scott Ian (1963), and Bill Berry (1958).