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David Crosby

1941 - 2023

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David Van Cortlandt Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and psychedelia in the mid-1960s, and later as part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash, who helped popularize the California sound of the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Crosby has received more than 8,688,049 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). David Crosby is the 358th most popular musician (up from 578th in 2019), the 1,993rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,024th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David Crosby ranks 358 out of 2,662. Before him are Florian Schneider, Farid al-Atrash, Gregor Piatigorsky, Domenico Alberti, Leonardo De Lorenzo, and Jan Garbarek. After him are Agustín Barrios, Peter Criss, Leopold Godowsky, John Entwistle, Mick Taylor, and Wallace Hartley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, David Crosby ranks 122. Before him are Roger Lemerre, Mircea Snegur, Suzanne Mubarak, David Warner, Ole Nydahl, and Beau Bridges. After him are George Lakoff, Sergei Dovlatov, Barbara Brylska, M. Stanley Whittingham, Fabio Testi, and Stacy Keach. Among people deceased in 2023, David Crosby ranks 75. Before him are Elliott Erwitt, Otar Iosseliani, Gianni Vattimo, Mircea Snegur, Milan Milutinović, and Burt Bacharach. After him are Antonio Carbajal, Frank Borman, Dubravka Ugrešić, Jan Jongbloed, Roger Whittaker, and Kevin Mitnick.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Crosby ranks 1,993 out of 18,182. Before him are Clara Bow (1905), Barbara Eden (1931), Tim Allen (1953), Cindy Crawford (1966), Alan Bean (1932), and Tom Hulce (1953). After him are Phil Ochs (1940), Robert Ryan (1909), George Kelly (1905), Henry King (1886), Aileen Wuornos (1956), and Martin Kove (1946).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, David Crosby ranks 106. Before him are Robby Krieger (1946), Buddy Rich (1917), Billy Gibbons (1949), Burt Bacharach (1928), Bo Diddley (1928), and Liberace (1919). After him are Peter Criss (1945), Robert Trujillo (1964), Jerry Reed (1937), Grace Slick (1939), Johnny Winter (1944), and Alan Menken (1949).

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