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Also known as Jorge Ben Jor, Jorge Duílio Lima Meneses, Jorge Lima Menezes, Jorge Duilio Lima Menezes, Jorge Benjor

Brazilian recording artist, musician, songwriter

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Brazil
Active from
1942-03-22
bossa novampbsamba-rocksinger-songwriter

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Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes (born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, on March 22, 1939), better known as Jorge Ben or Jorge Ben Jor, is a Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. In 2008, Rolling Stone Brazil named him the 5th greatest artist in the history of Brazilian music. He was also included in the magazine’s 2012 list of the 30 Greatest Brazilian Icons of Guitar and Acoustic Guitar. His characteristic style includes various elements such as rock <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus

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5 total works indexed

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    · 2012 · cited 52,842x

  3. HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements

    · 2015 · cited 21,523x

  4. Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

    · 2009 · cited 19,787x

  5. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,405x

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birth name
Jorge Duílio Lima Meneses
date of birth
1939-03-22
pseudonym
Jorge Benjor
Commons category
Jorge Ben Jor
name in native language
Jorge Lima Menezes
start of work period
1963-00-00
social media followers
37777
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