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Cozy Powell

1947 - 1998

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Cozy Powell (born Colin Trevor Flooks; 29 December 1947 – 5 April 1998) was an English drummer who made his name with major rock bands and artists such as The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Gary Moore, Graham Bonnet, Brian May, Whitesnake, Emerson, Lake & Powell, and Black Sabbath.Powell appeared on at least 66 albums, with contributions on many other recordings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cozy Powell has received more than 1,890,168 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Cozy Powell is the 269th most popular musician (up from 276th in 2019), the 1,010th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,003rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Musician.

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  • 3.02

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Cozy Powell ranks 269 out of 2,662Before him are Peter Tosh, Sia, Leonid Kogan, Leopold Auer, Eddie Cochran, and Oscar Peterson. After him are Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Art Tatum, Luigi Tenco, Chris de Burgh, Enrico Macias, and Émile Waldteufel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Cozy Powell ranks 76Before him are Stan Kroenke, Danielle Steel, Ron Dennis, Sheikh Hasina, Carla Del Ponte, and Peter Weller. After him are Martha Nussbaum, F. R. David, Alexander Rutskoy, Viktor Suvorov, Wes Studi, and Temple Grandin. Among people deceased in 1998, Cozy Powell ranks 47Before him are Nelson Goodman, Imi Lichtenfeld, Lloyd Bridges, Nizar Qabbani, Agostino Casaroli, and James Earl Ray. After him are Tameo Ide, Maurice Bucaille, Verner Panton, Wolf Vostell, Sonny Bono, and Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cozy Powell ranks 1,010 out of 7,765Before him are Anna Atkins (1799), Thomas Cavendish (1560), Ida Noddack (1896), Freeman Dyson (1923), Hans Sloane (1660), and Robert Hardy (1925). After him are Mary Somerville (1780), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), Van Morrison (1945), Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), P. G. Wodehouse (1881), and Winifred Wagner (1897).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Cozy Powell ranks 59Before him are Keith Moon (1946), John McLaughlin (1942), Steve Harris (1956), Karl Jenkins (1944), Slash (1965), and Ian Curtis (1956). After him are Roger Daltrey (1944), Alan Parsons (1948), PJ Harvey (1969), Rick Astley (1966), Ian Anderson (1947), and Nicko McBrain (1952).

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