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Cannonball Adderley, an Uncommon card
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 112
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 112 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Cannonball Adderley quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cannonball Adderley card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A cover version by the ______, who added lyrics, also reached No. 5 on the charts.
Answer
Buckinghams. A cover version by the Buckinghams, who added lyrics, also reached No. 5 on the charts. From the Cannonball Adderley article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Adderley worked with Miles Davis, first as a member of the Davis sextet, appearing on the seminal records Milestones and Kind of Blue, and then on his own ____ album Somethin' Else.
Answer
1950s. Adderley worked with Miles Davis, first as a member of the Davis sextet, appearing on the seminal records Milestones and Kind of Blue, and then on his own 1958 album Somethin' Else. From the Cannonball Adderley article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Biskra. Biskra 70 · Trajan Langdon 66 · Cannonball Adderley 63 · Palisade 59 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", which was written for him by his keyboardist Joe Zawinul and became a major crossover hit on the pop and R&B charts.
- A cover version by the Buckinghams, who added lyrics, also reached No. 5 on the charts.
- Adderley worked with Miles Davis, first as a member of the Davis sextet, appearing on the seminal records Milestones and Kind of Blue, and then on his own 1958 album Somethin' Else.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cannonball Adderley article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Cannonball Adderley
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cannonball Adderley (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
