MUSICIAN

Sonny Clark

1931 - 1963

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Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark (July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonny Clark has received more than 301,452 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Sonny Clark is the 1,438th most popular musician (down from 1,198th in 2019), the 7,236th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,933rd in 2019) and the 518th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Sonny Clark ranks 1,438 out of 3,175Before him are Slim Harpo, Francesco De Gregori, Nat Adderley, Janis Ian, Luther Allison, and Jay Kay. After him are Terje Rypdal, Emppu Vuorinen, Diamanda Galás, Alan Clark, Oscar Pettiford, and Maynard James Keenan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Sonny Clark ranks 401Before him are Larry Lieber, Jerry Van Dyke, Václav Hovorka, Jaime Ramírez, Hubert Sumlin, and Nat Adderley. After him are Norberto Boggio, Kiki Dimoula, Oleg Goncharenko, Shuhrat Abbosov, István Gulyás, and Yaakov Ziv. Among people deceased in 1963, Sonny Clark ranks 173Before him are Abram Deborin, Boris Kostić, David Keilin, Kay Sage, Ion Agârbiceanu, and Arthur Jonath. After him are Oskari Tokoi, Gjorgji Abadžiev, Suzanne Duchamp, Nils Hellsten, Monte Blue, and Vicente Ferreira da Silva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sonny Clark ranks 7,236 out of 20,380Before him are Dan Lauria (1947), John O'Hara (1905), Joseph Banks Rhine (1895), Charles S. Dutton (1951), Charli D'Amelio (2004), and Luther Allison (1939). After him are Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), Jamie Dimon (1956), Lawrence Weiner (1942), Martha Cooper (1943), Betty Davis (1945), and Gerald Carr (1932).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Sonny Clark ranks 518Before him are Timothy B. Schmit (1947), Hubert Sumlin (1931), Slim Harpo (1924), Nat Adderley (1931), Janis Ian (1951), and Luther Allison (1939). After him are Diamanda Galás (1955), Oscar Pettiford (1922), Maynard James Keenan (1964), Larry Graham (1946), Buddy DeFranco (1923), and Joseph Williams (1960).