MUSICIAN

Carol Kaye

1935 - Today

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Carol Kaye (née Smith; born March 24, 1935) is an American musician. She is one of the most prolific recorded bass guitarists in rock and pop music, playing on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 65 years.Kaye began playing guitar in her early teens and after some time as a guitar teacher, began to perform regularly on the Los Angeles jazz and big band circuit. She started session work in 1957, and through a connection at Gold Star Studios began working for producers Phil Spector and Brian Wilson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carol Kaye has received more than 1,757,257 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Carol Kaye is the 1,498th most popular musician (up from 1,576th in 2019), the 7,560th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,868th in 2019) and the 545th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Carol Kayes by language

Over the past year Carol Kaye has had the most page views in the with 237,460 views, followed by Spanish (9,044), and German (8,403). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (85.11%), Polish (65.47%), and Swedish (49.07%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Carol Kaye ranks 1,498 out of 3,175. Before her are Tim Sköld, Cassandra Wilson, Duane Eddy, Bobby Timmons, Skrillex, and Mana. After her are Masaharu Fukuyama, Tommy Johnson, Jim Capaldi, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Albert Lee, and Vasily Andreyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Carol Kaye ranks 380. Before her are Norbert Blüm, David McKee, Moisés Solana, Bobby Timmons, Avtandil Koridze, and Ingrid Noll. After her are Bahaa Taher, Kiki Kogelnik, Halina Poświatowska, Esther Phillips, Núria Espert, and Margarita Nikolaeva.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carol Kaye ranks 7,560 out of 20,380. Before her are Martin Luther King Sr. (1899), Lil Peep (1996), Pam Dawber (1951), George Bruns (1914), Cornelius Johnson (1913), and Rhyno (1975). After her are Ben Stein (1944), Tommy Johnson (1896), Fran Lebowitz (1950), Greg Louganis (1960), Edmund Szoka (1927), and Jello Biafra (1958).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Carol Kaye ranks 545. Before her are Charlie Byrd (1925), Sonny Fortune (1939), Cassandra Wilson (1955), Duane Eddy (1938), Bobby Timmons (1935), and Skrillex (1988). After her are Tommy Johnson (1896), Jimmy Dorsey (1904), Jeff Mills (1963), Bobby Keys (1943), Tony Carey (1953), and Allen Collins (1952).

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