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David Gates

1940 - Today

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David Ashworth Gates (born December 11, 1940) is a retired American singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician and producer, frontman and co-lead singer (with Jimmy Griffin) of the group Bread, which reached the top of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Gates has received more than 2,376,591 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). David Gates is the 2,036th most popular musician (down from 1,846th in 2019), the 10,577th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,413th in 2019) and the 800th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David Gates ranks 2,036 out of 3,175. Before her are Philip Selway, Jule Styne, Roger Taylor, Roger Miller, Salil Chowdhury, and Tony Thompson. After her are Hiromi Uehara, Jimmy Webb, Hiro Yamamoto, Iva Bittová, Paul Winter, and Necrobutcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, David Gates ranks 537. Before her are Robert Walker, Adriana Hoffmann, Raúl Magaña, Varsha Adalja, Hasan Muratović, and Chelato Uclés. After her are Lyudmila Shishova, Jürgen Heinsch, Ugo Colombo, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Brian Bennett, and Bjarne Andersson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Gates ranks 10,577 out of 20,380. Before her are Bob Lanier (1948), David Dixon Porter (1813), Shirley Stobs (1942), Timothy Weah (2000), Bobby Rahal (1953), and Nicki Aycox (1975). After her are Beatrice Mintz (1921), Frank Church (1924), Mario Savio (1942), Jimmy Webb (1946), David Souter (1939), and Ron Eldard (1965).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, David Gates ranks 800. Before her are Dwight Yoakam (1956), Kristen Pfaff (1967), Slim Whitman (1923), David Lindley (1944), Roger Miller (1936), and Tony Thompson (1954). After her are Jimmy Webb (1946), Hiro Yamamoto (1961), Paul Winter (1939), Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), Roy Bittan (1949), and Andrew Hill (1931).

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