MUSICIAN

Clarence White

1944 - 1973

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Clarence White (born Clarence Joseph LeBlanc; June 7, 1944 – July 15, 1973) was an American bluegrass and country guitarist and singer. He is best known as a member of the bluegrass ensemble the Kentucky Colonels and the rock band the Byrds, as well as for being a pioneer of the musical genre of country rock during the late 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clarence White has received more than 721,656 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Clarence White is the 1,776th most popular musician (up from 1,903rd in 2019), the 8,987th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,765th in 2019) and the 674th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Clarence White ranks 1,776 out of 3,175. Before him are Gabry Ponte, Charlie Puth, Narada Michael Walden, Charles Lloyd, Gary Holt, and Big Walter Horton. After him are Cal Tjader, Boris Brejcha, A. R. Rahman, Andraé Crouch, Dave Edmunds, and Earl Wild.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Clarence White ranks 592. Before him are Graham Taylor, Angus King, Jon E. Ahlquist, Michael Aschbacher, Didier Couécou, and Simon Blackburn. After him are Dave Edmunds, Chris Hillman, Idriz Hošić, Ramiro Blacut, Lorne Michaels, and Gunhild Hoffmeister. Among people deceased in 1973, Clarence White ranks 243. Before him are Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, François Bonlieu, Andrei Abrikosov, Alberto Denegri, Ernst Klodwig, and Robert Défossé. After him are Konstantinos Dovas, John Heysham Gibbon, Mário de Noronha, Eddie Rickenbacker, Folke Rogard, and Arthur Fadden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clarence White ranks 8,987 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Ripley (1890), Jon Tenney (1961), Christopher Connelly (1941), Henry Hobson Richardson (1838), Rogers Hornsby (1896), and Claire McDowell (1877). After him are William D'Amico (1910), Cal Tjader (1925), R. B. Kitaj (1932), Stacy Valentine (1970), Dolores Fuller (1923), and Skin Diamond (1987).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Clarence White ranks 674. Before him are Mike Dirnt (1972), Charlie Puth (1991), Narada Michael Walden (1952), Charles Lloyd (1938), Gary Holt (1964), and Big Walter Horton (1921). After him are Cal Tjader (1925), Andraé Crouch (1942), Earl Wild (1915), Mel Tormé (1925), Ray Evans (1915), and Joe South (1940).

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