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Conny Plank

1940 - 1987

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Konrad "Conny" Plank (3 May 1940 – 5 December 1987) was a German record producer and musician. He is known for his innovative work as a sound engineer and producer in Germany's krautrock and kosmische music scene in the 1970s. Plank was involved in releases by Neu!, Kraftwerk, Cluster, Harmonia, Ash Ra Tempel, Guru Guru, Kraan, and other German groups of the era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conny Plank has received more than 351,172 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Conny Plank is the 1,058th most popular musician (up from 1,065th in 2019), the 3,969th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,650th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular German Musician.

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  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Conny Plank ranks 1,058 out of 3,175. Before him are Karl Doppler, DJ Kool Herc, Tyler, the Creator, Buddy Bolden, Johann Peter Salomon, and Wolfgang Schneiderhan. After him are Tete Montoliu, Pat Smear, Tony Visconti, Sterling Morrison, János Bihari, and Fats Navarro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Conny Plank ranks 289. Before him are Nanni Galli, Vladimir Vasiliev, Gennadi Strekalov, Ansumane Mané, Sharad Pawar, and Philippe Léotard. After him are Frankie Avalon, Zhuang Zedong, Grigory Kriss, Russell Banks, Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, and Tony Allen. Among people deceased in 1987, Conny Plank ranks 145. Before him are Chögyam Trungpa, Yūjirō Ishihara, Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Woody Herman, James Coco, and Ethel Catherwood. After him are Vicente Calderón, Ajita Wilson, Ray Bolger, J. Lawton Collins, Antonio Sastre, and Paul Butterfield.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Conny Plank ranks 3,969 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Benfey (1809), Philipp Nicolai (1556), Emil von Sauer (1862), Walter Burkert (1931), Georg Buschner (1925), and Hans Clarin (1929). After him are Cem Özdemir (1965), Otto Lehmann (1855), Johann Schweigger (1779), Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg (1503), Emmy Hennings (1885), and John I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1459).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Conny Plank ranks 63. Before him are Peter Brötzmann (1941), Wolf Hoffmann (1959), Michael Weikath (1962), Bernhard Romberg (1767), Jaki Liebezeit (1938), and Johann Peter Salomon (1745). After him are Max von Schillings (1868), Julius Klengel (1859), Helmuth Rilling (1933), Sophie Menter (1846), Klaus Doldinger (1936), and Wolfgang Flür (1947).

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