MUSICIAN

Chas Chandler

1938 - 1996

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Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (18 December 1938 – 17 July 1996) was an English musician, record producer and manager, best known as the original bassist in The Animals, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chas Chandler has received more than 1,287,809 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Chas Chandler is the 671st most popular musician (up from 725th in 2019), the 2,003rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,150th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chas Chandler ranks 671 out of 3,175. Before him are Roger Hodgson, Mick Mars, Jeff Hanneman, Nikolai Zverev, Jan Akkerman, and Eric Woolfson. After him are Peter Schreier, Chaka Khan, Benny Golson, Harold Faltermeyer, Robert Smith, and Elisabeth Leonskaja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Chas Chandler ranks 203. Before him are Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Zbigniew Religa, Daniel Buren, Evel Knievel, Nieves Navarro, and Günter Brus. After him are Ove Andersson, Tatsuya Shiji, Ralph Bakshi, Perry Anderson, Rauno Aaltonen, and Chuan Leekpai. Among people deceased in 1996, Chas Chandler ranks 119. Before him are Gerry Mulligan, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Károly Grósz, Haing S. Ngor, Edison Denisov, and Hyman Minsky. After him are Jerry Siegel, Ljuba Welitsch, Aruna Asaf Ali, Dan Flavin, Pierre Grimal, and Tito Okello.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chas Chandler ranks 2,003 out of 8,785. Before him are William Smith (1813), Eric Woolfson (1945), John Butler Yeats (1839), Michael Dummett (1925), Joe Davis (1901), and Unity Mitford (1914). After him are Edward Cave (1691), John Wood (1930), Reg Park (1928), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), and Æthelbald of Mercia (700).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Chas Chandler ranks 122. Before him are Mike Rutherford (1950), Ian Hill (1952), David Knopfler (1952), Tony Banks (1950), Roger Hodgson (1950), and Eric Woolfson (1945). After him are Robert Smith (1959), Alan Price (1942), Bill Bruford (1949), The Edge (1961), Rick Davies (1944), and Peter Hammill (1948).

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