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Stan Kenton

1911 - 1979

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Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stan Kenton has received more than 619,905 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Stan Kenton is the 1,138th most popular musician (down from 1,036th in 2019), the 5,565th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,132nd in 2019) and the 420th most popular American Musician.

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  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Stan Kenton ranks 1,138 out of 2,662. Before him are Scott Travis, Glyn Johns, Bruce Kulick, Tomasz Stańko, Timo Tolkki, and David Ellefson. After him are Denny Laine, Bonnie Raitt, Bob James, Mamie Smith, Levon Helm, and Menahem Pressler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Stan Kenton ranks 200. Before him are Nicolae Kovács, Brian O'Nolan, Leif Erickson, Jean Shiley, Bel Kaufman, and Lisa Fonssagrives. After him are Milorad B. Protić, Butterfly McQueen, Gavriil Kachalin, Betty Robinson, Nils Eriksen, and Wolfgang Larrazábal. Among people deceased in 1979, Stan Kenton ranks 161. Before him are Henri Saint Cyr, Joan Blondell, Bruno Apitz, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Pyotr Gavrilov, and Dorothy Arzner. After him are Paul Meurisse, Heinz Erhardt, Igor Bondarevsky, Paul Paray, Henri Anspach, and Jan de Klerk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stan Kenton ranks 5,565 out of 18,182. Before him are Almon Brown Strowger (1839), Alvin Ailey (1931), Lewis Powell (1844), Barbara Morgan (1951), Lee Meriwether (1935), and Ancel Keys (1904). After him are Will Rogers (1879), Tony Accardo (1906), Ray Allen (1975), Daniel Webster (1782), Zane Grey (1872), and Robert Towne (1934).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Stan Kenton ranks 420. Before him are Clark Terry (1920), Harry James (1916), Tom Hamilton (1951), Scott Travis (1961), Bruce Kulick (1953), and David Ellefson (1964). After him are Bonnie Raitt (1949), Bob James (1939), Mamie Smith (1891), Levon Helm (1940), Sonny Stitt (1924), and Frank Thomas (1912).

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