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Erroll Garner

1923 - 1977

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Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first recorded in 1956 with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, and played a prominent part in the 1971 motion picture Play Misty for Me. Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls him "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erroll Garner is the 558th most popular musician (down from 543rd in 2019), the 3,260th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,799th in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Erroll Garner ranks 558 out of 3,175. Before him are Rudolf Kempe, Robert Miles, Nikki Sixx, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Robert de Visée, and Paul Rodgers. After him are Jørgen Ingmann, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Rick Astley, Rachid Taha, Bud Powell, and Dee Dee Ramone.

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Among people born in 1923, Erroll Garner ranks 137. Before him are Peter Vaughan, Mario Brega, Igor Shafarevich, Joseph Weizenbaum, Ziba Ganiyeva, and Uri Avnery. After him are Dimitrios Ioannidis, Bob Dole, Bert Kaempfert, Hjalmar Andersen, Svetozar Gligorić, and Achille Silvestrini. Among people deceased in 1977, Erroll Garner ranks 87. Before him are Nicolae Kovács, Carl Zuckmayer, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Arsenio Erico, Wilhelm Boger, and Jacques Tourneur. After him are Scott Bradley, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Luigi Bertolini, and Hamazasp Babadzhanian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erroll Garner ranks 3,260 out of 20,380. Before him are Chuck Lorre (1952), Lindsey Graham (1955), John Ashton (1948), Rip Torn (1931), Peter Coyote (1941), and Frank Chapman (1864). After him are Lewis Hine (1874), Peter Navarro (1949), Shera Danese (1949), Joan Cusack (1962), Bruce Campbell (1958), and David Blaine (1973).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Erroll Garner ranks 166. Before him are Cannonball Adderley (1928), Maurice White (1941), Tito Puente (1923), Lead Belly (1888), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), and Nikki Sixx (1958). After him are Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934), Bud Powell (1924), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Scott Bradley (1891), David Marks (1948), and Peter Cetera (1944).

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