COMPOSER

Bernie Worrell

1944 - 2016

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George Bernard Worrell, Jr. (April 19, 1944 – June 24, 2016) was an American keyboardist and record producer best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective. In later years, he also worked with acts such as Talking Heads, Bill Laswell, and Jack Bruce. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernie Worrell has received more than 901,292 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernie Worrell is the 1,400th most popular composer (down from 1,308th in 2019), the 13,266th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,611th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 900k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Bernie Worrell ranks 1,400 out of 1,451. Before him are Edvin Marton, Ludger Stühlmeyer, Robert Ashley, Kazumi Totaka, Justin Hurwitz, and Alan Bush. After him are Michel van der Aa, Gus Kahn, Jeremy Soule, William Alwyn, Arturo Rodas, and Steve Roach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Bernie Worrell ranks 711. Before him are Celeste Yarnall, Richard A. Muller, David Gerrold, Johnny Isakson, Krystyna Kuperberg, and David Hemery. After him are Julia Phillips, Roberto Hodge, Storrs L. Olson, Charles L. Veach, Terry Cooper, and George Armstrong. Among people deceased in 2016, Bernie Worrell ranks 566. Before him are Viktor Gavrikov, Pavel Sheremet, Sharon Jones, Bill Johnson, John Johnson, and David S. Johnson. After him are Donald Henderson, Mel Charles, Aleš Debeljak, Arsen Pavlov, Sidney Drell, and Guy Clark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bernie Worrell ranks 13,266 out of 20,380. Before him are Timothy Omundson (1969), Joel Surnow (1955), Ruthie Tompson (1910), Sandy Duncan (1946), Randy Jackson (1956), and Kevin Poulsen (1965). After him are Bud Jamison (1894), Errol Morris (1948), Chris Pontius (1974), Lucas Grabeel (1984), Peter Hermann (1967), and Carl Shy (1908).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Bernie Worrell ranks 136. Before him are George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), Charles Wuorinen (1938), William Grant Still (1895), Frank Loesser (1910), Robert Ashley (1930), and Justin Hurwitz (1985). After him are Jeremy Soule (1975), Steve Roach (1955), Vivian Kubrick (1960), Walter Murphy (1952), George Perle (1915), and Meredith Willson (1902).

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