1937 - Today
Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell OJ (born 22 June 1937) is a Jamaican-British former record producer and the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is "the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music." Variety describes him as "indisputably one of the greatest record executives in history".Having formed Island Records in Jamaica on 22 May 1959 when he was nearly 22, Blackwell was among the first to record the Jamaican popular music that eventually became known as ska. Returning to Britain in 1962, he sold records from the back of his car to the Jamaican community. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Blackwell has received more than 1,213,711 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Blackwell is the 64th most popular producer, the 4,184th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 4th most popular British Producer.
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Among producers, Chris Blackwell ranks 64 out of 89. Before him are Robert Chartoff, Clive Davis, Leon Schlesinger, Lauren Shuler Donner, Lawrence Gordon, and Matt Stone. After him are Michael Patrick King, Lorne Michaels, Steven Bochco, Brian Grazer, Emma Thomas, and Neal H. Moritz.
1933 - 2015
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 58
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 59
1884 - 1949
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 60
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 61
1936 - Present
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 62
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 63
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 64
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 65
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 66
1943 - 2018
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 67
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 68
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 69
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 70
Among people born in 1937, Chris Blackwell ranks 393. Before him are Detto Mariano, Carlos Campos, Claes Andersson, Frans De Mulder, Tony Maggs, and Michael Jeffery. After him are Ramón Abeledo, Francesco Janich, James MacArthur, Georg Thoma, Benny Paret, and Steve Russell.
1937 - 2020
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 387
1937 - 2020
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 388
1937 - 2019
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 389
1937 - 2001
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 390
1937 - 2009
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 391
1937 - 2020
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 392
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 393
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 394
1937 - 2019
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 395
1937 - 2010
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 396
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 397
1937 - 1962
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 398
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 399
Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Blackwell ranks 4,184 out of 7,765. Before him are Muriel Robb (1878), Randolph Caldecott (1846), Frances O'Connor (1967), William Roxburgh (1751), David Cross (1949), and Emily Hobhouse (1860). After him are Richard Taylor (1962), Antonia Fraser (1932), Thomas Clarkson (1760), Henry Baker (1698), Helen Allingham (1848), and Jaime Murray (1976).
1878 - 1907
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 4,178
1846 - 1886
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 4,179
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 4,180
1751 - 1815
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 4,181
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 4,182
1860 - 1926
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 4,183
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 4,184
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 4,185
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 4,186
1760 - 1846
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 4,187
1698 - 1774
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 4,188
1848 - 1926
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 4,189
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 4,190
Among producers born in United Kingdom, Chris Blackwell ranks 4. Before him are Simon Cowell (1959), David Heyman (1961), and Walter Legge (1906). After him are Emma Thomas (1971), Mark Ronson (1975), Miles Millar (1967), Hugh Padgham (1955), and Eric Fellner (1959).
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 1
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 2
1906 - 1979
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 4
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 5
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 6
1967 - Present
HPI: 36.88
Rank: 7
1955 - Present
HPI: 34.24
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 34.05
Rank: 9