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Arthur Brown

1942 - Today

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Arthur Wilton Brown (born 24 June 1942) is an English singer and songwriter best known for his flamboyant and theatrical performances, eclectic (and sometimes experimental) work and his powerful, wide-ranging operatic voice, in particular his high pitched banshee screams. He is also notable for his unique stage persona, featuring extreme facepaint and a burning helmet. Brown has been lead singer of various groups, most notably the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Kingdom Come, followed by a varied solo career as well as associations with Hawkwind, the Who and Klaus Schulze. In the late 1960s, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown's popularity was such that the group shared bills with the Who, Jimi Hendrix, the Mothers of Invention, the Doors, Small Faces and Joe Cocker, among others.He is best known for The Crazy World of Arthur Brown's 1968 single "Fire", reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as its parent album The Crazy World of Arthur Brown which reached number 2 in the UK and number 7 in the US. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Brown has received more than 39,124 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Arthur Brown is the 926th most popular singer (up from 966th in 2019), the 2,688th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,893rd in 2019) and the 94th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 39k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Arthur Browns by language

Over the past year Arthur Brown has had the most page views in the with 13,310 views, followed by Spanish (11,797), and Russian (8,518). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (138.59%), Spanish (44.18%), and Arabic (38.72%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Arthur Brown ranks 926 out of 4,381. Before him are Jackie Wilson, Inge Borkh, Daniel Lavoie, Johnny Nash, Biff Byford, and Blixa Bargeld. After him are MC Hammer, Paul Potts, Katia Ricciarelli, Jamala, Chris Lowe, and Cheb Mami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Arthur Brown ranks 338. Before him are Huey P. Newton, Phil Esposito, Kenneth Welsh, János Farkas, Thomas Hammarberg, and Ilija Pantelić. After him are Fred Thompson, Ricardo Blázquez, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jack DeJohnette, Derek Parfit, and Eddy Mitchell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Brown ranks 2,688 out of 8,785. Before him are Rachel Ward (1957), Johnny Haynes (1934), Iain Banks (1954), Biff Byford (1951), William Knox D'Arcy (1849), and Venetia Burney (1918). After him are John Florio (1553), Glen Matlock (1956), Jack Taylor (1930), Israel Zangwill (1864), Ron Atkinson (1939), and Paul Davies (1946).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Brown ranks 94. Before him are Peter Frampton (1950), Liam Payne (1993), Blaze Bayley (1963), Bryan Johnson (1926), Elaine Paige (1948), and Biff Byford (1951). After him are Paul Potts (1970), Chris Lowe (1959), Melanie C (1974), Harry Styles (1994), Alfred Deller (1912), and Clare Torry (1947).

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