MUSICIAN

Rubén González

1919 - 2003

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Rubén González Fontanills (26 May 1919 – 8 December 2003) was a Cuban pianist. Together with Lilí Martínez and Peruchín he is said to have "forged the style of modern Cuban piano playing in the 1940s". Between the 1940s and his retirement in the 1980s, he played with Cuba's most successful acts, including Paulina Álvarez, Arsenio Rodríguez, Orquesta América del 55, Orquesta Riverside and Enrique Jorrín. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rubén González has received more than 20,946 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Rubén González is the 590th most popular musician (down from 444th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 35th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Cuban Musician.

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  • 54.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Rubén González ranks 590 out of 3,175. Before him are Mark Hollis, Euronymous, Felix Blumenfeld, David Helfgott, Robert Palmer, and Axel Rudi Pell. After him are Uli Jon Roth, Tim Rice, Curtis Mayfield, David Foster, Captain Beefheart, and Tommy Bolin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Rubén González ranks 102. Before him are Ahmed Abdallah, Silva Kaputikyan, Jean Lefebvre, Gérard Oury, Joseph Serchuk, and Tomáš Špidlík. After him are Vera Aceva, Toni Turek, Raymond Smullyan, Ferdinand Kübler, Hennes Weisweiler, and Ferruccio Valcareggi. Among people deceased in 2003, Rubén González ranks 110. Before him are Jaba Ioseliani, Neil Postman, Donald O'Connor, Charles Berlitz, Foday Sankoh, and Robert Palmer. After him are Lothar Emmerich, Karl Kling, Gordon Mitchell, Althea Gibson, Kerim Kerimov, and Paul Janssen.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Rubén González ranks 49 out of 300. Before him are José-Maria de Heredia (1842), Rita Marley (1946), Ernesto Lecuona (1895), Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901), Carlos Finlay (1833), and Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929). After him are Steven Bauer (1956), Silvio Rodríguez (1946), Camila Cabello (1997), Dámaso Berenguer (1873), Ramón Fonst (1883), and Mongo Santamaría (1917).

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Among MUSICIANS In Cuba

Among musicians born in Cuba, Rubén González ranks 4. Before him are Compay Segundo (1907), Carlos Puebla (1917), and Bebo Valdés (1918). After him are Chucho Valdés (1941), Arturo Sandoval (1949), Jorge Bolet (1914), Eliades Ochoa (1946), Dave Lombardo (1965), Pío Leyva (1917), Paquito D'Rivera (1948), and Rudy Sarzo (1950).

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