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Teddy Wilson

1912 - 1986

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Theodore Shaw Wilson (November 24, 1912 – July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist. Described by critic Scott Yanow as "the definitive swing pianist", Wilson's piano style was gentle, elegant, and virtuosic. His style was highly influenced by Earl Hines and Art Tatum. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Teddy Wilson has received more than 374,266 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Teddy Wilson is the 773rd most popular musician (up from 830th in 2019), the 3,919th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,160th in 2019) and the 254th most popular American Musician.

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  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Teddy Wilson ranks 773 out of 2,662. Before him are Taj Mahal, Juan d'Arienzo, John Norum, Tony Allen, Steve Lukather, and Adam Clayton. After him are Billie Joe Armstrong, Bernhard Romberg, Gerd Albrecht, Theodore Thomas, Jim Croce, and Mischa Elman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Teddy Wilson ranks 154. Before him are Eve Arnold, Nie Er, Alfred Schwarzmann, Rudolf Vytlačil, Palle Huld, and Claude Pompidou. After him are Henry Armstrong, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Keisuke Kinoshita, Nick Cravat, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, and Winthrop Rockefeller. Among people deceased in 1986, Teddy Wilson ranks 115. Before him are Gregory Jarvis, Géza von Radványi, Harold Arlen, Oscar Zariski, Mika Antić, and Sandro Puppo. After him are Robert Stevenson, Hoàng Văn Thái, Vasily Ignatenko, Ivan Papanin, Moses Finley, and Peter Pears.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Teddy Wilson ranks 3,919 out of 18,182. Before him are Georgia Hale (1900), Michael G. Wilson (1942), Timothy Olyphant (1968), Juliette Lewis (1973), Thom Mayne (1944), and Kenny Roberts (1951). After him are Henry Armstrong (1912), Henry Hazlitt (1894), George Seaton (1911), William Forsythe (1955), Patrick Wayne (1939), and Linda Harrison (1945).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Teddy Wilson ranks 254. Before him are Willie Dixon (1915), Krist Novoselic (1965), Fats Waller (1904), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Taj Mahal (1942), and Steve Lukather (1957). After him are Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), Jim Croce (1943), Tommy Dorsey (1905), Dave Grohl (1969), Roy Buchanan (1939), and Jeff Hanneman (1964).

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