MUSICIAN

Tommy Flanagan

1930 - 2001

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Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. Within months of moving to New York in 1956, he had recorded with Miles Davis and on Sonny Rollins' album Saxophone Colossus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommy Flanagan has received more than 508,580 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Tommy Flanagan is the 1,241st most popular musician (down from 872nd in 2019), the 6,078th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,321st in 2019) and the 433rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tommy Flanagan ranks 1,241 out of 3,175. Before him are Tomasz Stańko, Jakub Jan Ryba, Hélène Grimaud, Wynton Kelly, George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, and Noddy Holder. After him are Michael Sembello, Chico Hamilton, Vladimir Spivakov, Kiko Loureiro, Shavo Odadjian, and Bart Berman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Tommy Flanagan ranks 354. Before him are Heinz Kubsch, Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Stephen Fumio Hamao, Owen Garriott, Chris Barber, and Anthony Downs. After him are Jacques Tits, Donald Moffat, Luis de Pablo, Darío Jara Saguier, Magomedali Magomedov, and Theodore Freeman. Among people deceased in 2001, Tommy Flanagan ranks 206. Before him are Joe Henderson, Burkhard Heim, Mario Perazzolo, Yuri Ozerov, Juan Acuña, and Trịnh Công Sơn. After him are Bernard Heuvelmans, Simon Slåttvik, Boris Rybakov, Joe Fagan, Sivaji Ganesan, and Lewis Arquette.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tommy Flanagan ranks 6,078 out of 20,380. Before him are Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), Loretta Swit (1937), Lee Aaker (1943), Tommy Gunn (1967), Amy Lowell (1874), and Dorothy Gish (1898). After him are Zooey Deschanel (1980), E. E. Smith (1890), Donald Johanson (1943), Rene Bond (1950), Steven Williams (1949), and Charley Borah (1906).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Tommy Flanagan ranks 433. Before him are Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Scott Columbus (1956), Steve Stevens (1959), Norah Jones (1979), Mark Isham (1951), and Wynton Kelly (1931). After him are Michael Sembello (1954), Chico Hamilton (1921), Timbaland (1972), Mike Bloomfield (1943), Shawn Crahan (1969), and Roy Haynes (1925).

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