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Roy Haynes

1925 - Today

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Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925) is an American jazz drummer. He is among the most recorded drummers in jazz. In a career lasting over 80 years, he has played swing, bebop, jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz and is considered a pioneer of jazz drumming. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Haynes has received more than 486,901 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Roy Haynes is the 1,103rd most popular musician (down from 1,005th in 2019), the 5,392nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,926th in 2019) and the 404th most popular American Musician.

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  • 490k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Roy Haynes ranks 1,103 out of 2,662Before him are Lou Donaldson, Charles Dancla, Karl Bartos, Ray Barretto, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Wynton Marsalis. After him are Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Aurèle Nicolet, Ross the Boss, Johnny Hodges, Dennis Stratton, and Geoff Downes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Roy Haynes ranks 268Before him are Luis Herrera Campins, Bert Bolin, Antony C. Sutton, Luis E. Miramontes, Tajuddin Ahmad, and William Wharton. After him are Vojtěch Jasný, Oldřich Lajsek, Harry Guardino, Eugene Garfield, Alec McCowen, and Attilâ İlhan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Haynes ranks 5,392 out of 18,182Before him are Armie Hammer (1986), Rey Mysterio (1974), William Cohen (1940), Frederic Clements (1874), Francis Collins (1950), and Millie Perkins (1938). After him are Fred Hampton (1948), James Farentino (1938), Bessie Love (1898), Phyllis Smith (1951), Alexandra Hedison (1969), and Jennifer Hudson (1981).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Roy Haynes ranks 404Before him are Linda Perry (1965), Buckethead (1969), Lou Donaldson (1926), Ray Barretto (1929), Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), and Wynton Marsalis (1961). After him are Ross the Boss (1954), Johnny Hodges (1906), Lauryn Hill (1975), Gene Clark (1944), Matt Sorum (1960), and Donald Fagen (1948).