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Billy Preston

1946 - 2006

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William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, the Everly Brothers, Reverend James Cleveland, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. He gained attention as a solo artist with hit singles "That's the Way God Planned It", the Grammy-winning "Outa-Space", "Will It Go Round in Circles", "Space Race", "Nothing from Nothing", and "With You I'm Born Again". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Preston has received more than 5,000,776 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Billy Preston is the 314th most popular singer (up from 412th in 2019), the 1,985th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,545th in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Billy Preston ranks 314 out of 3,528. Before him are Asmahan, Muslim Magomayev, Alfredo Kraus, David Byron, Joey Tempest, and Antonio Cesti. After him are Victoria Beckham, Phil Ochs, Galina Vishnevskaya, Vera Lynn, Udo Dirkschneider, and Giuseppina Strepponi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Billy Preston ranks 131. Before him are Htin Kyaw, Robert Mapplethorpe, Vuk Drašković, Elías Figueroa, Deepak Chopra, and Rebiya Kadeer. After him are Martin Kove, Linda Ronstadt, Pēteris Vasks, Laurent Fabius, Candice Bergen, and Ellison Onizuka. Among people deceased in 2006, Billy Preston ranks 79. Before him are María Capovilla, Aaron Spelling, Ferenc Bene, Ryutaro Hashimoto, David Bronstein, and Paul Marcinkus. After him are Telê Santana, Sven Nykvist, Peter Benchley, Jane Jacobs, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Jack Warden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Billy Preston ranks 1,985 out of 18,182. Before him are Téa Leoni (1966), Spiro Agnew (1918), Roger B. Chaffee (1935), Beau Bridges (1941), Donald O'Connor (1925), and Bettie Page (1923). After him are Wayne Dyer (1940), Clara Bow (1905), Barbara Eden (1931), Tim Allen (1953), Cindy Crawford (1966), and Alan Bean (1932).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Billy Preston ranks 99. Before him are Gene Vincent (1935), Dusty Hill (1949), George Strait (1952), DJ Khaled (1975), Carole King (1942), and Busta Rhymes (1972). After him are Phil Ochs (1940), Justin Timberlake (1981), Christina Aguilera (1980), Joey Ramone (1951), Linda Ronstadt (1946), and Eric Adams (1952).

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