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Andy White

1930 - 2015

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Andrew McLuckie White (27 July 1930 – 9 November 2015) was a Scottish drummer, primarily a session musician. He is best known for temporarily replacing Ringo Starr on drums for the Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do". White was featured on the American 7" single release of the song, which also appeared on the band's debut British album, Please Please Me. He also played on "P.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andy White has received more than 13,778 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Andy White is the 1,635th most popular musician (down from 1,612th in 2019), the 4,195th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,111th in 2019) and the 260th most popular British Musician.

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  • 14k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Andy White ranks 1,635 out of 3,175. Before her are Blind Willie McTell, Olve Eikemo, Juice Leskinen, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Miyavi, and Luciano Ligabue. After her are Nobuko Imai, Nikolai Lugansky, Arthur Lee, Roy Estrada, Ray Thomas, and Ara Malikian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Andy White ranks 472. Before her are Fred Saberhagen, Bob Mathias, Anton Donchev, Cabeção, Ty Hardin, and John Keel. After her are Barkat Gourad Hamadou, Vladimir Andreyev, Kenneth Frampton, Jasraj, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, and Geoffrey Holder. Among people deceased in 2015, Andy White ranks 360. Before her are Guru Josh, Jerry Weintraub, Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Zhanna Yorkina, Alena Vrzáňová, and Astrid Ivask. After her are Raymond Gosling, Sam Simon, Gennadiy Seleznyov, Steve Strange, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, and Saeed Jaffrey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Andy White ranks 4,195 out of 8,785. Before her are Danny Blanchflower (1926), Thomas Bell (1792), Thomas Nashe (1567), Jim Brown (1908), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), and Nigel Davenport (1928). After her are Raymond Gosling (1926), William Nicol (1770), Humza Yousaf (1985), George Montagu (1751), Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), and Brandon Carter (1942).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Andy White ranks 260. Before her are Thomas Ravenscroft (1592), Daphne Oram (1925), Steve Hillage (1951), John Foxx (1948), Myra Hess (1890), and Gavin Harrison (1963). After her are Ray Thomas (1941), Richard Palmer-James (1947), Maxi Jazz (1957), Mick Avory (1944), Richey Edwards (1967), and Glenn Cornick (1947).

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