MUSICIAN

Ray Conniff

1916 - 2002

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Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Conniff has received more than 845,011 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Conniff is the 401st most popular musician (down from 329th in 2019), the 2,229th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,875th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ray Conniffs by language

Over the past year Ray Conniff has had the most page views in the with 104,611 views, followed by Spanish (68,586), and Portuguese (28,678). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (342.19%), Lithuanian (110.46%), and Estonian (96.39%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ray Conniff ranks 401 out of 3,175. Before him are Lucio Battisti, Dexter Gordon, Billy Gibbons, Ben Webster, Dennis Wilson, and Glenn Frey. After him are Albert King, Joan Manuel Serrat, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Jan Kubelík, Donovan, and Joe Perry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ray Conniff ranks 79. Before him are Giorgio Bassani, Archduke Felix of Austria, Pietro Rava, Mika Špiljak, Walt Whitman Rostow, and Pérez Prado. After him are Vladimir Demikhov, José Manuel Moreno, Ramón José Velásquez, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Shirley Jackson, and Pierre Messmer. Among people deceased in 2002, Ray Conniff ranks 83. Before him are Choi Hong Hi, Alexander Lebed, Pierre Werner, George Roy Hill, Marina Berti, and Kim Hunter. After him are Thomas Gordon, Katy Jurado, Lionel Hampton, Juan Antonio Bardem, Branko Stanković, and Dee Dee Ramone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Conniff ranks 2,229 out of 20,380. Before him are Glenn Frey (1948), Fredric March (1897), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Carly Simon (1945), Martin Kove (1946), and George Floyd (1973). After him are Mary Parker Follett (1868), Albert King (1923), Jason Momoa (1979), Terry Riley (1935), James Tolkan (1931), and Patricia Cornwell (1956).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ray Conniff ranks 118. Before him are Buddy Rich (1917), Dexter Gordon (1923), Billy Gibbons (1949), Ben Webster (1909), Dennis Wilson (1944), and Glenn Frey (1948). After him are Albert King (1923), Joe Perry (1950), Johnny Winter (1944), Tom Petty (1950), John Phillips (1935), and Lionel Hampton (1908).

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