SINGER

Clare Torry

1947 - Today

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Clare H. Torry (born 29 November 1947) is a British singer, known for performing the improvised, wordless vocals on the song "The Great Gig in the Sky" on Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clare Torry has received more than 1,515,200 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Clare Torry is the 973rd most popular singer (up from 981st in 2019), the 2,803rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,931st in 2019) and the 100th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Clare Torry ranks 973 out of 4,381. Before her are Célestine Galli-Marié, Mariza, Bunny Wailer, Kate Ryan, Shi Pei Pu, and Max Romeo. After her are Blind Lemon Jefferson, Alejandro Sanz, Rosa Ponselle, Maggie MacNeal, Irmgard Seefried, and Megan Thee Stallion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Clare Torry ranks 391. Before her are Don Felder, Tatiana Tarasova, Prince Hassan bin Talal, Bunny Wailer, Jaroslav Pollák, and Deborah Lipstadt. After her are Ian Ashley, Peter Banks, Takeshi Urata, Danilo Popivoda, Małgorzata Braunek, and Tadahiko Ueda.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clare Torry ranks 2,803 out of 8,785. Before her are George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758), Amanda Tapping (1965), Jim Marshall (1923), Dawn Addams (1930), Edward Fortunatus (1565), and Jason Flemyng (1966). After her are Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Tom Baker (1934), Geoff Emerick (1945), Ellen Terry (1847), Gary Barlow (1971), and Jim Ratcliffe (1952).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Clare Torry ranks 100. Before her are Arthur Brown (1942), Paul Potts (1970), Chris Lowe (1959), Melanie C (1974), Harry Styles (1994), and Alfred Deller (1912). After her are Ice MC (1965), Charli XCX (1992), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Peter Pears (1910), Paul Weller (1958), and Emma Bunton (1976).

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