MUSICIAN

Rico Rodriguez

1934 - 2015

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Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez (17 October 1934 – 4 September 2015), also known as Rico, Reco or El Reco, was a Cuban-born Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist. He recorded with producers such as Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd Daley. He was known as one of the first ska musicians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rico Rodriguez has received more than 86,325 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Rico Rodriguez is the 1,986th most popular musician (down from 1,681st in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 124th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Cuban Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 86k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Rico Rodriguez ranks 1,986 out of 3,175. Before him are Alva Noto, Eddie Jobson, Richie Hawtin, Ferry Corsten, Guy Pratt, and Adam Yauch. After him are Vilayat Khan, Blind Boy Fuller, Boris Berezovsky, Josh Homme, Patricia Barber, and Richard Fortus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Rico Rodriguez ranks 494. Before him are Todor Diev, Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Jagdish Bhagwati, Jackie Pretorius, Bent Peder Rasch, and José Villegas. After him are James Sikking, Nidal Al Achkar, Bengt Nilsson, Stanton T. Friedman, David Halberstam, and Juan Manuel Bordeu. Among people deceased in 2015, Rico Rodriguez ranks 427. Before him are Eevi Huttunen, Jeanna Friske, Peder Pedersen, Ivan Šantek, Manorama, and Edward Brooke. After him are Jimmy Murray, Mariem Hassan, Olga Knyazeva, Mark Murphy, Isa Munayev, and Dean Smith.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Rico Rodriguez ranks 146 out of 300. Before him are Oscar Nunez (1958), Regla Torres (1975), Alejandro Mayorkas (1959), Guillermo Fariñas (1962), José Magriñá (1917), and Alejandro Casañas (1954). After him are Javier Perez-Capdevila (1963), Pedro Bergés (1906), Carlos Gutierrez (1953), María Caridad Colón (1958), Carmen Reinhart (1955), and Roberto Balado (1969).

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Among MUSICIANS In Cuba

Among musicians born in Cuba, Rico Rodriguez ranks 14. Before him are Eliades Ochoa (1946), Dave Lombardo (1965), Pío Leyva (1917), Paquito D'Rivera (1948), Rudy Sarzo (1950), and Armando Peraza (1924). After him are Aurelio Voltaire (1967).

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