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Denny Laine

1944 - 2023

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Brian Frederick Hines (29 October 1944 – 5 December 2023), known professionally as Denny Laine, was an English musician who co-founded two major rock bands: the Moody Blues and Wings. Laine played guitar in the Moody Blues from 1964 to 1966, and he sang their hit cover version of "Go Now". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denny Laine has received more than 2,720,267 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Denny Laine is the 1,139th most popular musician (up from 1,185th in 2019), the 3,020th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,138th in 2019) and the 182nd most popular British Musician.

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  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Denny Laine ranks 1,139 out of 2,662. Before him are Glyn Johns, Bruce Kulick, Tomasz Stańko, Timo Tolkki, David Ellefson, and Stan Kenton. After him are Bonnie Raitt, Bob James, Mamie Smith, Levon Helm, Menahem Pressler, and Shavo Odadjian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Denny Laine ranks 369. Before him are Miruts Yifter, Haruhiko Kuroda, Roger Rees, Jean-Pierre Ricard, Sharmila Tagore, and Pierre Bachelet. After him are Valdeir Vieira, Kati Kovács, Daniel Morelon, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Berta Ambrož, and Boz Scaggs. Among people deceased in 2023, Denny Laine ranks 225. Before him are Giuliano Montaldo, Karl-Josef Rauber, Marouf al-Bakhit, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Francisco J. Ayala, and Boniface Alexandre. After him are Menahem Pressler, Ion Druță, Sherif Ismail, Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Raoul Servais, and Theodoros Pangalos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Denny Laine ranks 3,020 out of 7,765. Before him are Tom Phillips (1888), Warren Clarke (1947), Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593), Michael Tippett (1905), Robert Lindsay (1890), and William Withering (1741). After him are Benjamin Jones (1882), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Ron Atkinson (1939), Katherine Waterston (1980), Richard of Chichester (1197), and Hugh Latimer (1485).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Denny Laine ranks 182. Before him are Geoff Downes (1952), Lee Kerslake (1947), Anthony Phillips (1951), Lita Ford (1958), Andrew Latimer (1949), and Glyn Johns (1942). After him are Martin Birch (1948), Dave Holland (1948), Roger Norrington (1934), Neil Murray (1950), Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957), and Peter Grant (1935).

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