MUSICIAN

Billy Cobham

1944 - Today

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William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Cobham has received more than 1,133,823 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Cobham is the 555th most popular musician (down from 489th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Panama (down from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Panamanian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Billy Cobham ranks 555 out of 3,175. Before him are David A. Stewart, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Eugene Ormandy, Gene Krupa, Paul Rodgers, and Bronisław Huberman. After him are İdil Biret, Mitch Mitchell, Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, Duane Allman, Cannonball Adderley, and Nick Drake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Billy Cobham ranks 219. Before him are Ram Chandra Poudel, Peter Lindbergh, David Trimble, Masanobu Izumi, Hugo Gatti, and Rory Byrne. After him are Aguila Saleh Issa, Candy Darling, O Yeong-su, Onufriy, Rocky Johnson, and Gary Glitter.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Billy Cobham ranks 10 out of 71. Before him are Omar Torrijos (1929), Roberto Durán (1951), Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918), Rubén Blades (1948), Miguel Bosé (1956), and Laurentino Cortizo (1953). After him are Diego de Almagro II (1520), Mireya Moscoso (1946), Ricardo Martinelli (1952), Guillermo Endara (1936), Alexis Texas (1985), and Jordana Brewster (1980).

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Among MUSICIANS In Panama

Among musicians born in Panama, Billy Cobham ranks 1. 

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