MUSICIAN

Delia Derbyshire

1937 - 2001

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Delia Ann Derbyshire (5 May 1937 – 3 July 2001) was an English musician and composer of electronic music. She carried out notable work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the 1960s, including her electronic arrangement of the theme music to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Delia Derbyshire has received more than 941,947 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Delia Derbyshire is the 1,801st most popular musician (down from 1,523rd in 2019), the 4,591st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,951st in 2019) and the 289th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 940k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Delia Derbyshire ranks 1,801 out of 3,175. Before her are Avishai Cohen, Ronald Brautigam, Kenny Wheeler, Urs Bühler, Scott Ian, and Bill Berry. After her are Pierre Pincemaille, Doc Watson, Joe Bonamassa, Simone Young, Stephen Morris, and Toumani Diabaté.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Delia Derbyshire ranks 456. Before her are Guram Kostava, Heinz Hornig, Eddie Floyd, Peter Medak, Susan Hampshire, and Gregory Sierra. After her are Josef Stiegler, Raj Reddy, John Devitt, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, Matthew Carter, and James MacArthur. Among people deceased in 2001, Delia Derbyshire ranks 269. Before her are Harry Winter, Stepas Butautas, Maximos V Hakim, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Mirvarid Dilbazi, and Olle Håkansson. After her are Carroll O'Connor, Otto Hemele, Rufus Thomas, Larry Adler, Boris Stenin, and Kira Ivanova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Delia Derbyshire ranks 4,591 out of 8,785. Before her are Timothy West (1934), Thomas Campbell (1777), Michael Caton-Jones (1957), George Fenton (1950), Alex Jennings (1957), and Gerald Scarfe (1936). After her are Brendan Coyle (1963), Henry De la Beche (1796), Molly Peters (1942), Deusdedit of Canterbury (600), Alexander Melville Bell (1819), and Theo Walcott (1989).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Delia Derbyshire ranks 289. Before her are Howard Jones (1955), Andy Mackay (1946), Zak Starkey (1965), Brian Robertson (1956), Dave Edmunds (1944), and Dave Hill (1946). After her are Stephen Morris (1957), Phil Collen (1957), Nick Rhodes (1962), Keith Levene (1957), Micky Moody (1950), and Pete Doherty (1979).

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