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King Oliver

1881 - 1938

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Joseph Nathan "King" Oliver (December 19, 1881 – c. April 10, 1938: 21 ) was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader. He was particularly recognized for his playing style and his pioneering use of mutes in jazz. Also a notable composer, he wrote many tunes still played today, including "Dippermouth Blues", "Sweet Like This", "Canal Street Blues", and "Doctor Jazz". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. King Oliver is the 119th most popular musician (up from 571st in 2019), the 838th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,934th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, King Oliver ranks 119 out of 3,175. Before him are Quincy Jones, Till Lindemann, Jascha Heifetz, Duke Ellington, Robert Johnson, and Krist Novoselic. After him are David Guetta, Gary Moore, Hans von Bülow, John Coltrane, Lady Gaga, and Cyndi Lauper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, King Oliver ranks 39. Before him are Walter Rudolf Hess, Georg von Küchler, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Władysław Sikorski, George Enescu, and Maximilian von Weichs. After him are François Darlan, Natalia Goncharova, Theodore von Kármán, Otto Wille Kuusinen, Ivan Ribar, and Henry Maitland Wilson. Among people deceased in 1938, King Oliver ranks 26. Before him are Carl von Ossietzky, Suzanne Valadon, Christian Lous Lange, Osip Mandelstam, Suzanne Lenglen, and Robert Johnson. After him are Lev Shestov, Bruno Taut, Vasily Blyukher, Hans Christian Gram, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and William Stern.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, King Oliver ranks 838 out of 20,380. Before him are Ray Liotta (1954), John Carpenter (1948), Krist Novoselic (1965), Roy J. Glauber (1925), Merrick Garland (1952), and Allen Ginsberg (1926). After him are John Dillinger (1903), Steve Perry (1949), Jason Robards (1922), Theodore Maiman (1927), Linda Lovelace (1949), and Ralph Asher Alpher (1921).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, King Oliver ranks 36. Before him are Keith Jarrett (1945), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Quincy Jones (1933), Duke Ellington (1899), Robert Johnson (1911), and Krist Novoselic (1965). After him are John Coltrane (1926), Lady Gaga (1986), Cyndi Lauper (1953), Paul Simon (1941), Chris Isaak (1956), and Pete Seeger (1919).

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