1897 - 1959
Sidney Joseph Bechet ( beh-SHAY; May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. His erratic temperament hampered his career, and not until the late 1940s did he earn wide acclaim. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sidney Bechet has received more than 882,610 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Sidney Bechet is the 278th most popular musician (down from 251st in 2019), the 1,639th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,418th in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Musician.
Sidney Bechet is most famous for being a jazz clarinetist. He was also a saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, and arranger.
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Among musicians, Sidney Bechet ranks 278 out of 2,662. Before him are Luigi Tenco, Chris de Burgh, Enrico Macias, Émile Waldteufel, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, and Roger Daltrey. After him are Nick Cave, Beck, Per Gessle, Clara Haskil, Alan Parsons, and Will.i.am.
1938 - 1967
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 272
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 273
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 274
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 275
1806 - 1874
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 276
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 277
1897 - 1959
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 278
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 279
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 280
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 281
1895 - 1960
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 282
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 283
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 284
Among people born in 1897, Sidney Bechet ranks 67. Before him are Vito Genovese, Theodor Busse, Marcel Petiot, Winifred Wagner, Karl Löwith, and Elijah Muhammad. After him are Benjamin Lee Whorf, Judith Anderson, Jean Epstein, Thornton Wilder, Philippe Soupault, and Sepp Herberger. Among people deceased in 1959, Sidney Bechet ranks 36. Before him are Enrico De Nicola, Alfred Kubin, Mario Lanza, Wanda Landowska, Rudolf Caracciola, and Ernest Bloch. After him are Olga Knipper, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, D. F. Malan, Ichirō Hatoyama, Sisavang Vong, and Edmond Debeaumarché.
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 61
1897 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 62
1897 - 1946
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 63
1897 - 1980
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 64
1897 - 1973
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 65
1897 - 1975
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 66
1897 - 1959
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 67
1897 - 1941
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 68
1897 - 1992
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 69
1897 - 1953
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 70
1897 - 1975
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 71
1897 - 1990
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 72
1897 - 1977
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 73
1877 - 1959
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 30
1877 - 1959
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 31
1921 - 1959
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 32
1879 - 1959
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 33
1901 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 34
1880 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 35
1897 - 1959
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 36
1868 - 1959
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 37
1878 - 1959
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 38
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 39
1883 - 1959
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 40
1885 - 1959
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 41
1906 - 1959
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 42
Among people born in United States, Sidney Bechet ranks 1,639 out of 18,182. Before him are Kirstie Alley (1951), James Baldwin (1924), Chris Pratt (1979), Evander Holyfield (1962), Paul L. Smith (1936), and Kelly Lynch (1959). After him are Billy Crystal (1948), Agnes Moorehead (1900), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Robert Fogel (1926), Ray Ewry (1873), and Elmer Bernstein (1922).
1951 - 2022
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 1,633
1924 - 1987
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 1,634
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,635
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,636
1936 - 2012
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,637
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,638
1897 - 1959
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 1,639
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 1,640
1900 - 1974
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 1,641
1832 - 1907
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,642
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,643
1873 - 1937
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,644
1922 - 2004
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,645
Among musicians born in United States, Sidney Bechet ranks 76. Before him are Sonny Rollins (1930), Art Blakey (1919), John Zorn (1953), Fats Domino (1928), Eddie Cochran (1938), and Art Tatum (1909). After him are Beck (1970), Will.i.am (1975), Dave Mustaine (1961), Ornette Coleman (1930), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), and Eric Carr (1950).
1930 - Present
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 70
1919 - 1990
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 71
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 72
1928 - 2017
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 73
1938 - 1960
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 74
1909 - 1956
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 75
1897 - 1959
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 76
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 77
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 78
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 79
1930 - 2015
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 80
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 81
1950 - 1991
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 82