MUSICIAN

Alvin Lee

1944 - 2013

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Alvin Lee (born Graham Anthony Barnes; 19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter, who was best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alvin Lee has received more than 2,002,208 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Alvin Lee is the 440th most popular musician (down from 422nd in 2019), the 1,437th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,428th in 2019) and the 87th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alvin Lee ranks 440 out of 3,175. Before him are Al Di Meola, Marguerite Long, Rudolf Serkin, Josef Hofmann, Andy Summers, and Robert Wyatt. After him are Elvis Costello, Ton Koopman, Danko Jones, Dee Dee Ramone, Steve Morse, and Kai Hansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Alvin Lee ranks 179. Before him are Pattie Boyd, Adriano Galliani, John Newcombe, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Christine Chubbuck, and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester. After him are Rosalía Mera, Jacques Doillon, Michael Rosbash, Ton Koopman, Craig T. Nelson, and Pierre Deligne. Among people deceased in 2013, Alvin Lee ranks 107. Before him are Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Ray Harryhausen, Taihō Kōki, Frederik Pohl, Deanna Durbin, and Tuncel Kurtiz. After him are Rosalía Mera, Colin Wilson, Dokka Umarov, Bernadette Lafont, Zillur Rahman, and Pietro Mennea.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alvin Lee ranks 1,437 out of 8,785. Before him are Evelyn De Morgan (1855), Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817), Claire Forlani (1971), Andy Summers (1942), Robert Wyatt (1945), and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944). After him are Elvis Costello (1954), John Nash (1752), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Jason Isaacs (1963), David Hemmings (1941), and David Bradley (1942).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Alvin Lee ranks 87. Before him are Alan Walker (1997), Geezer Butler (1949), Wallace Hartley (1878), Dan McCafferty (1946), Andy Summers (1942), and Robert Wyatt (1945). After him are Elvis Costello (1954), Janick Gers (1957), Vince Clarke (1960), Jeff Lynne (1947), Bill Ward (1948), and Trevor Horn (1949).

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