MUSICIAN

Wallace Roney

1960 - 2020

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Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz (hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He has won one Grammy award and has two nominations. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from 1985 until the latter's death in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wallace Roney has received more than 256,817 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Wallace Roney is the 2,669th most popular musician (down from 2,382nd in 2019), the 14,895th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,890th in 2019) and the 1,105th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wallace Roney ranks 2,669 out of 3,175. Before him are Dhani Harrison, Michael Kiwanuka, Warren Ellis, Ermal Meta, Shahin Najafi, and Joanna Newsom. After him are Troy McLawhorn, Dan Swanö, Billy Gould, Brenda Russell, Orianthi, and Harald Nævdal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Wallace Roney ranks 719. Before him are Robert Glenister, Luiz Carlos Pereira, Gianni Vernetti, Peter Holmberg, Sergey Belyayev, and Vicki Lewis. After him are Steve Blum, April Winchell, Prvoslav Vujcic, Hiromi Taniguchi, Peter Fitzgerald, and Adam Schiff. Among people deceased in 2020, Wallace Roney ranks 833. Before him are Ruhollah Zam, Ann E. Todd, Sergey Belyayev, Attila Horváth, Dick Thornburgh, and Angelika Amon. After him are Linda Manz, Andy Gill, Julie Bennett, Donato Sabia, Irina Slavina, and Gheorghe Dogărescu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wallace Roney ranks 14,895 out of 20,380. Before him are Marc Maron (1963), Jim Doyle (1945), Sidney Lanier (1842), Joanna Newsom (1982), Laurie Bartram (1958), and Ted Jensen (1954). After him are Angela Bettis (1973), Robert J. Cenker (1948), Lisa Loeb (1968), Eliot Engel (1947), Troy McLawhorn (1968), and Brian Duffy (1953).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Wallace Roney ranks 1,105. Before him are Bradley Joseph (1965), Mark Linkous (1962), Mitch Harris (1969), Terence Blanchard (1962), Rachael Yamagata (1977), and Joanna Newsom (1982). After him are Troy McLawhorn (1968), Billy Gould (1963), Brenda Russell (1949), Josh Dun (1988), Norman Petty (1927), and Terry Date (1956).

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