MUSICIAN

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 2,564,791 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Dave Mason is the 1,849th most popular musician (down from 1,748th in 2019), the 4,710th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,413th in 2019) and the 301st most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dave Mason ranks 1,849 out of 3,175. Before him are Lil Hardin Armstrong, Damian Marley, Matt Bellamy, Topper Headon, Josh Klinghoffer, and Garrick Ohlsson. After him are Kim Kashkashian, Leslie Bricusse, Stefan Schwarzmann, Mick Abrahams, Derek Bailey, and Doug Yule.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Dave Mason ranks 650. Before him are Terry Branstad, Patrick Rambaud, Georgi Markov, Eric Van Lustbader, María Teresa Ruiz, and Chris Burden. After him are George Lusztig, Roberto Chale, Zygmunt Anczok, Mo Ibrahim, Vladimir Tukmakov, and Franz Fischler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dave Mason ranks 4,710 out of 8,785. Before him are Julia Donaldson (1948), Anthony Powell (1905), John M. Allegro (1923), Leigh Hunt (1784), Clare Hollingworth (1911), and Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733). After him are Ed Stafford (1975), Edgeworth David (1858), Adam Lallana (1988), Paul Gallagher (1954), Leslie Bricusse (1931), and Joseph Cook (1860).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Dave Mason ranks 301. Before him are Pete Doherty (1979), Guy Chambers (1963), Hugh Hopper (1945), Doug Sampson (1957), Matt Bellamy (1978), and Topper Headon (1955). After him are Leslie Bricusse (1931), Mick Abrahams (1943), Derek Bailey (1930), Pete Quaife (1943), Jim Lea (1949), and Glyn Johns (1942).

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