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David Bedford

1937 - 2011

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David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music. He was the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, the grandson of the composer, painter and author Herbert Bedford and the composer Liza Lehmann, and the son of Leslie Bedford, an inventor, and Lesley Duff, a soprano opera singer.From 1969 to 1981, Bedford was Composer in Residence at Queen's College, London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Bedford has received more than 136,886 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. David Bedford is the 1,725th most popular musician (down from 1,467th in 2019), the 4,372nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,771st in 2019) and the 287th most popular British Musician.

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  • 140k

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  • 43.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David Bedford ranks 1,725 out of 2,662Before him are Larry Adler, Tomatito, Laurent Garnier, Butch Vig, Howard Donald, and Nikolai Lugansky. After him are Devin Townsend, Spencer Dryden, Alan Jay Lerner, Blue Mitchell, James Cotton, and Neal Schon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, David Bedford ranks 416Before him are Josef Stiegler, Garth Hudson, Martin Litchfield West, Fred Akuffo, Vilmos Varjú, and Imerio Massignan. After him are Alexandra Zabelina, Gorilla Monsoon, Tony Barton, Garrett Morris, Francis George, and Eddie Floyd. Among people deceased in 2011, David Bedford ranks 358Before him are Yozhef Betsa, Mohamed Bouazizi, Ray Bryant, Ragnhild Hveger, Frank Buckles, and Ed Macauley. After him are Paul Motian, Jagjit Singh, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Filoimea Telito, Jean Dutourd, and Loleatta Holloway.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Bedford ranks 4,372 out of 7,765Before him are Louis Fraser (1810), Michael Foot (1913), Jocelyn Pook (1960), Howard Donald (1968), Daniel Harding (1975), and Paul McGann (1959). After him are Daniel Sturridge (1989), Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Tracey Ullman (1959), Murray Rose (1939), Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951), and Stephen Spender (1909).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, David Bedford ranks 287Before him are John Martyn (1948), Ian McLagan (1945), Brian Robertson (1956), Zak Starkey (1965), Gerry Marsden (1942), and Howard Donald (1968). After him are Richie Hawtin (1970), Stephen Morris (1957), Chris Thomas (1947), Nick Rhodes (1962), Jason Orange (1970), and Dave Mason (1946).