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Dave Mason

1946 - Today

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David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic, and went on to play and record with many notable pop and rock musicians, including Paul McCartney, George Harrison, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Steve Winwood, Fleetwood Mac, Delaney & Bonnie, Leon Russell, and Cass Elliot. One of Mason's best known songs is "Feelin' Alright", recorded by Traffic in 1968 and later by many other performers, including Joe Cocker, whose version of the song was a hit in 1969. For Traffic, he also wrote "Hole in My Shoe", a psychedelic pop song that became a hit in its own right. "Only You Know and I Know" became a signature song for Delaney and Bonnie, and "We Just Disagree", Mason's 1977 solo U.S. hit, written by Jim Krueger, has become a staple of U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Mason has received more than 2,383,887 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Dave Mason is the 1,753rd most popular musician (up from 1,807th in 2019), the 4,422nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,437th in 2019) and the 293rd most popular British Musician.

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  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dave Mason ranks 1,753 out of 2,662Before him are Boris Berezovsky, George Lynch, David Darling, Chris Hillman, Alphonso Johnson, and Dan Ar Braz. After him are Randy Weston, Augustus Pablo, Hilary Hahn, Ian Wallace, Unsuk Chin, and Mitski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Dave Mason ranks 556Before him are Vladimir Belousov, Ram Vilas Paswan, Shahrnush Parsipur, Claudette Werleigh, Giorgos Koudas, and Michael Milken. After him are Jo Bonfrère, Ian Wallace, John B. Taylor, Aruna Irani, Robert Jarvik, and Loleatta Holloway.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dave Mason ranks 4,422 out of 7,765Before him are Una O'Connor (1880), Orlando Figes (1959), Raymond Briggs (1934), John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), Kevin Warwick (1954), and Pat Barker (1943). After him are Colin Baker (1943), David James (1970), Richard Doll (1912), Alan A'Court (1934), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), and Reginald Denny (1891).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Dave Mason ranks 293Before him are David Bedford (1937), Richie Hawtin (1970), Stephen Morris (1957), Chris Thomas (1947), Nick Rhodes (1962), and Jason Orange (1970). After him are Ian Wallace (1946), Guy Fletcher (1960), Dominic Howard (1977), Mark King (1958), Brian Bennett (1940), and Andy Fraser (1952).

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