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Alan Lancaster

1949 - 2021

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Alan Charles Lancaster (7 February 1949 – 26 September 2021) was an English musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the rock band Status Quo, playing with the band from 1967 to 1985, with brief reunions in 2013 and 2014. As well as contributing to songwriting, he was also one of the lead vocalists on albums and live concerts, taking the lead on tracks such as "Backwater", "Is There a Better Way", "Bye Bye Johnny", "High Flyer" and "Roadhouse Blues". Alan Lancaster formed the group in 1962 with his then-schoolmate Francis Rossi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Lancaster has received more than 692,531 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Lancaster is the 668th most popular singer (down from 302nd in 2019), the 2,087th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,195th in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Singer.

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  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Alan Lancaster ranks 668 out of 4,381Before him are Barbara Hendricks, Rosemary Clooney, Naomi Shemer, Maria Severa Onofriana, Titta Ruffo, and Anna Tomowa-Sintow. After him are Raina Kabaivanska, Andrew Ridgeley, Pat Boone, Melissa Etheridge, Paula Abdul, and Barry Manilow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Alan Lancaster ranks 217Before him are Bill Bruford, Alice Walton, Edu, Michio Yasuda, Valentin Inzko, and Tadashi Yanai. After him are Jamil Mahuad, Jorge Bucay, Ottavia Piccolo, Gabriel Yared, Antônio Fagundes, and Sabine Azéma. Among people deceased in 2021, Alan Lancaster ranks 203Before him are Cicely Tyson, Benoît Sokal, Jovenel Moïse, Anerood Jugnauth, Françoise Arnoul, and Vasily Lanovoy. After him are Hugo Maradona, Carmen Salinas, Kamal Ganzouri, Jean-Pierre Adams, Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, and Leon Spinks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Lancaster ranks 2,087 out of 8,785Before him are Princess Eugenie of York (1990), Joan of the Tower (1321), Chris Menges (1940), Thomas Andrews (1813), Robert Fortune (1812), and Anthony Dawson (1916). After him are George Herbert (1593), John Webster (1578), James Fox (1939), John Foxe (1516), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), and Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499).

Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Alan Lancaster ranks 77Before him are Graham Bonnet (1947), Francis Rossi (1949), Ed Sheeran (1991), Andy Gibb (1958), Graham Nash (1942), and Rick Parfitt (1948). After him are Andrew Ridgeley (1963), Ian Dury (1942), Paul Young (1956), Limahl (1958), Nick Kamen (1962), and Jimmy Somerville (1961).