# Don Shirley

> Donald Walbridge Shirley was an American classical and jazz pianist and composer. He recorded many albums for Cadence Records during the 1950s and 1960s, experimenting with jazz with a classical influence. He wrote organ symphonies, piano concerti, a cello concerto, three string quartets, a one-act opera, works for organ, piano and violin, a symphonic poem based on the 1939 novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, and a set of "Variations" on the 1858 opera Orpheus in the Underworld.

*American-Jamaican jazz pianist and composer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/don-shirley

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1927-01-29
- **Died:** 2013-04-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 60.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 26.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4156396/ (@nm4156396)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/28gtOMHE3YD9uDR3ht6E0x (@28gtOMHE3YD9uDR3ht6E0x)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/606895)
- [دون شيرلي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A)
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- [دان شرلی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C)
- [Don Shirley](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Shirley)
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- [دان شرلی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C)
- [Don Shirley](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Shirley)
- [Don Shirley](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Shirley)
- [Դոնալդ Շիրլի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A4_%D5%87%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%AB)
- [Don Shirley](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Shirley)
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- [ドン・シャーリー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC)
- [돈 셜리](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%88_%EC%85%9C%EB%A6%AC)
- [Don Shirley](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Shirley)
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- [Ширли, Дон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Доналд Валбриџ Шерли](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%9F_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8)
- [Don Shirley](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Shirley)
- [Дон Ширлі](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96)
- [唐纳德·雪利](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%94%90%E7%BA%B3%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E9%9B%AA%E5%88%A9)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/44566f29-76ea-462e-9dc3-3da49cf94e5d)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5293521)
- [Don Shirley](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2764876)

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