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Alan Parsons

1948 - Today

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Alan Parsons (born 20 December 1948) is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Parsons was the sound engineer on albums including the Beatles' Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970), Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), and the eponymous debut album by Ambrosia in 1975. Parsons's own group, the Alan Parsons Project, as well as his subsequent solo recordings, have also been commercially successful. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Parsons has received more than 3,098,900 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Alan Parsons is the 283rd most popular musician (down from 244th in 2019), the 1,050th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 938th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Musician.

Alan Parsons is most famous for his work as a sound engineer on the Beatles' Abbey Road album.

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  • 3.1M

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  • 58.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alan Parsons ranks 283 out of 2,662. Before him are Roger Daltrey, Sidney Bechet, Nick Cave, Beck, Per Gessle, and Clara Haskil. After him are Will.i.am, Dave Mustaine, Tiësto, Ornette Coleman, Igor Oistrakh, and Sixto Rodriguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Alan Parsons ranks 85. Before him are William Daniel Phillips, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Pim Fortuyn, Chris de Burgh, Valentin Ceaușescu, and Billy Crystal. After him are Radomir Antić, Jimmy Cliff, Glenn Frey, Charles Taylor, Steven Chu, and Johnny Ramone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Parsons ranks 1,050 out of 7,765. Before him are John Horton Conway (1937), Charles Spearman (1863), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), George Biddell Airy (1801), Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), and Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831). After him are David Hamilton (1933), Michael Houghton (1949), Kim Wilde (1960), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Stewart Granger (1913), and Mary Ann Nichols (1845).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Alan Parsons ranks 61. Before him are Steve Harris (1956), Karl Jenkins (1944), Slash (1965), Ian Curtis (1956), Cozy Powell (1947), and Roger Daltrey (1944). After him are PJ Harvey (1969), Rick Astley (1966), Ian Anderson (1947), Nicko McBrain (1952), Dave Murray (1956), and Don Airey (1948).

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