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Allan Holdsworth

1946 - 2017

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Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist, violinist and composer. Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respect to melody and harmony. His music incorporates a vast array of complex chord progressions, often using unusual chord shapes in an abstract way based on his understanding of "chord scales", and intricate improvised solos, frequently across shifting tonal centres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allan Holdsworth has received more than 2,067,427 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Allan Holdsworth is the 722nd most popular musician (down from 716th in 2019), the 2,148th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,154th in 2019) and the 127th most popular British Musician.

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  • 2.1M

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  • 52.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

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  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Allan Holdsworth ranks 722 out of 2,662Before him are Grover Washington Jr., Zino Francescatti, Eric Dolphy, Jean-Baptiste Arban, Alan Price, and Euronymous. After him are Hermeto Pascoal, Jim Hall, Liam Gallagher, Dorival Caymmi, Chas Chandler, and Eric Singer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Allan Holdsworth ranks 248Before him are Rita Marley, Ron Silver, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Michael Czerny, Henrique Rosa, and Peggy Lipton. After him are Murray Head, Andrea Dworkin, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Rocío Jurado, Camilo Sesto, and Bruce Davison. Among people deceased in 2017, Allan Holdsworth ranks 185Before him are Mary Tyler Moore, Kim Jong-hyun, Charles Robert Jenkins, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, Lennart Nilsson, and Dritëro Agolli. After him are Arthur Janov, Roger Walkowiak, Michael Ballhaus, Federico Luppi, Marjorie Boulton, and Shashi Kapoor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Allan Holdsworth ranks 2,148 out of 7,765Before him are Guy Burgess (1911), Robert Brown (1921), Alan Price (1942), Paul Greengrass (1955), John Baskerville (1706), and Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863). After him are Millicent Fawcett (1847), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), Pieter de Molijn (1595), Liam Gallagher (1972), Colin Renfrew (1937), and Murray Head (1946).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Allan Holdsworth ranks 127Before him are Phil Taylor (1954), Rick Wakeman (1949), Mike Rutherford (1950), Chris Squire (1948), Trevor Horn (1949), and Alan Price (1942). After him are Liam Gallagher (1972), Chas Chandler (1938), Eddie Clarke (1950), Mick Box (1947), Gerry Rafferty (1947), and Noel Redding (1945).