Bunny Berigan

American musician (1908-1942)
Person human Q491100
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Bunny Berigan

Summary

Bunny Berigan is a human[1]. He was born in Hilbert[2]. He was born on November 2, 1908[3]. He passed away in New York City[4]. He died on June 2, 1942[5]. He worked as a trumpeter[6], jazz musician[7], bandleader[8], and composer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month, #7,218 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Bunny Berigan's place of birth was Hilbert[2].
  • Bunny Berigan passed away in New York City[4].
  • Bunny Berigan was born on November 2, 1908[3].
  • Bunny Berigan died on June 2, 1942[5].
  • Bunny Berigan held citizenship in United States[11].
  • Bunny Berigan's professions included trumpeter[6].
  • Bunny Berigan's professions included jazz musician[7].
  • Bunny Berigan worked as a bandleader[8].
  • Bunny Berigan worked as a composer[9].
  • Bunny Berigan is recorded as male[12].
  • Bunny Berigan's instance of is recorded as human[13].
  • Bunny Berigan's genre is jazz[14].
  • Bunny Berigan's record label is recorded as Vocalion Records[15].
  • Bunny Berigan's record label is recorded as Epic Records[16].
  • Bunny Berigan's record label is recorded as Philips Records[17].
  • Bunny Berigan's family name is recorded as Q37100664[18].
  • Bunny Berigan's given name is recorded as Bunny[19].
  • Bunny Berigan's instrument is recorded as trumpet[20].
  • Bunny Berigan's birth name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rowland Bernard Berigan'}[21].
  • Bunny Berigan's different from is recorded as Q135670803[22].
  • Bunny Berigan's start of work period is recorded as 1930[23].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[24]

  • Country: US[25]

  • Began / founded: 1908-11-02[26]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1942-06-02[27]

  • Genre(s): jazz, swing[28]

  • Community tags: jazz, swing[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0d99a768-4878-4d40-a264-205e7fe5d20a[30]

Body

Origins and Family

Bunny Berigan was born in Hilbert[2]. He was born on November 2, 1908[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include trumpeter[6], jazz musician[7], bandleader[8], and composer[9].

Death and Burial

Bunny Berigan died on June 2, 1942[5]. He died in New York City[4].

Why It Matters

Bunny Berigan ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month, #7,218 of 1,000,298).[10] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

FAQs

Where was Bunny Berigan born?

Born in Hilbert[2], Bunny Berigan…

Where did Bunny Berigan die?

Bunny Berigan died in New York City[4].

What did Bunny Berigan do for work?

Bunny Berigan worked as trumpeter[6], jazz musician[7], bandleader[8], and composer[9].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . uwdc.library.wisc.edu. uwdc.library.wisc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . uwdc.library.wisc.edu. uwdc.library.wisc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [5] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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