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Freddie Green

Freddie Green, American guitarist (died 1987)

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Born
March 31, 1911
Died
March 1, 1987
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1911

About Freddie Green

Frederick William Green was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years. Walker gave Freddie what was perhaps his first gig, playing with a local community group of which Walker was an organizer. Freddie Green at AllMusic Freddie Green recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. Green was not a prolific composer, but he did make two major contributions to Count Basie's repertoire, "Down for Double" (recorded in 1941) and "Corner Pocket" (recorded for the album April in Paris in 1955).

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The world when Freddie Green was born

Freddie Green was born in 1911. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1911

  • Best-selling book"The Broad Highway" – Jeffery Farnol

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Indianapolis 500 race
  • Top headlineTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 workers
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
  • World population~1.71B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population93.4M

1911 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Freddie Green's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19112026
Population93.4M341 million

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