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Eubie Blake

2 - 1983

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James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. Blake began his career in 1912, and during World War I he worked in partnership with the singer, drummer, and comedian Broadway Jones. After the war he began a collaboration with Noble Sissle with whom he wrote Shuffle Along (1921), one of the first Broadway musicals written and directed by African Americans. When his collaboration with Sissle ended in 1927, he resumed a partnership with Jones which lasted until either 1932 or 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eubie Blake is the 1,363rd most popular composer (down from 1,344th in 2019), the 11,565th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,151st in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Eubie Blake ranks 1,363 out of 1,451. Before him are George Fenton, Jerry Herman, Udo Zimmermann, Javier Navarrete, Kaoru Wada, and Roy Harris. After him are Christian Wolff, George Perle, Samuel Adler, Hans Abrahamsen, Angus MacLise, and John Stainer.

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Among people born in 2, Eubie Blake ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 1983, Eubie Blake ranks 259. Before him are Franco Trincavelli, Momčilo Đokić, George Bruns, Kai Winding, Marjorie Cox Crawford, and Constantino Urbieta Sosa. After him are Marie Mosquini, Henry M. Jackson, Derek J. de Solla Price, Merle Travis, Terence Cooke, and John Le Mesurier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eubie Blake ranks 11,567 out of 20,380. Before him are Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (1991), John Russell Pope (1874), Patricia Barber (1955), Mark Sandrich (1900), Virginia Gregg (1916), and Tom McGrath (1964). After him are Gabriel Luna (1982), Scott Baio (1960), Mae Faggs (1932), Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), Fred VanVleet (1994), and Sam Snead (1912).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Eubie Blake ranks 121. Before him are Earl Scruggs (1924), Lou Harrison (1917), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), George Bruns (1914), Jerry Herman (1931), and Roy Harris (1898). After him are George Perle (1915), Angus MacLise (1938), Fred Ebb (1928), Raymond Scott (1908), George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), and David Newman (1954).

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