MUSICIAN

Chris Barber

1930 - 2021

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Donald Christopher Barber (17 April 1930 – 2 March 2021) was an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. He helped many musicians with their careers and had a UK top twenty trad jazz hit with "Petite Fleur" in 1959. These musicians included the blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with Barber triggered the skiffle craze of the mid-1950s and who had his first transatlantic hit, "Rock Island Line", while with Barber's band. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Barber has received more than 511,622 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Chris Barber is the 1,232nd most popular musician (down from 1,046th in 2019), the 3,214th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,798th in 2019) and the 194th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chris Barber ranks 1,232 out of 3,175. Before him are Pepe Romero, Trịnh Công Sơn, Norah Jones, Mark Isham, Mick Jones, and Bob Rock. After him are Sabine Meyer, Roger Norrington, Tomasz Stańko, Jakub Jan Ryba, Hélène Grimaud, and Wynton Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Chris Barber ranks 352. Before him are Francesco Maselli, Jeannette Altwegg, Heinz Kubsch, Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Stephen Fumio Hamao, and Owen Garriott. After him are Anthony Downs, Tommy Flanagan, Jacques Tits, Donald Moffat, Luis de Pablo, and Darío Jara Saguier. Among people deceased in 2021, Chris Barber ranks 340. Before him are Nikolai Slichenko, Aurelio Galfetti, Arturo Armando Molina, Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Art LaFleur, and Clément Mouamba. After him are Anthony Downs, Lee Aaker, Håkon Brusveen, Joël Robert, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, and Mari Törőcsik.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Barber ranks 3,214 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (1340), Sam Claflin (1986), David Allan (1744), Saint Mungo (518), and Benjamin Jones (1882). After him are Roger Norrington (1934), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Archibald Scott Couper (1831), Charlie Whiting (1952), Jack Grealish (1995), and Clements Markham (1830).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Chris Barber ranks 194. Before him are Geoff Downes (1952), Martin Birch (1948), John Steel (1941), Roy Harper (1941), Wilko Johnson (1947), and Mick Jones (1955). After him are Roger Norrington (1934), George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923), Noddy Holder (1946), Graham Gouldman (1946), Lita Ford (1958), and Nigel Kennedy (1956).

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