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Derek Bailey

1930 - 2005

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Derek Bailey (29 January 1930 – 25 December 2005) was an English avant-garde guitarist and an important figure in the free improvisation movement. Bailey abandoned conventional performance techniques found in jazz, exploring atonality, noise, and whatever unusual sounds he could produce with the guitar. Much of his work was released on his own label Incus Records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Derek Bailey has received more than 25,653 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Derek Bailey is the 1,653rd most popular musician (down from 1,410th in 2019), the 4,213th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,637th in 2019) and the 274th most popular British Musician.

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  • 26k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Derek Bailey ranks 1,653 out of 2,662. Before him are Eddie Kramer, Laura Nyro, Howard Jones, Sid Wilson, Jack White, and Alison Sudol. After him are Maxim Vengerov, Herbert Stothart, Richard Manuel, Randy Edelman, Sammy Cahn, and Stefan Olsdal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Derek Bailey ranks 448. Before him are Adam Maida, Beryl Penrose, Pavel Kolchin, Marisol Escobar, Andrew Sachs, and Peter Hall. After him are Lin Carter, Vladimir Kesarev, Anton Donchev, Mate Trojanović, Célestin Oliver, and Michele Giordano. Among people deceased in 2005, Derek Bailey ranks 268. Before him are Raoul Bott, Robin Cook, Carl Amery, John Ostrom, Ismail Merchant, and Aulis Kallakorpi. After him are David Lange, Dahlia Ravikovitch, Ihor Rybak, Leonid Shamkovich, Paul Winchell, and John N. Bahcall.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Derek Bailey ranks 4,213 out of 7,765. Before him are Barbara Shelley (1932), Charles Mackay (1814), George Hillyard (1864), Peter Hall (1930), Bruce Payne (1957), and Trevor Francis (1954). After him are John Marston (1576), William T. Stearn (1911), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), Charles Townshend (1725), John of Worcester (1100), and Moira Shearer (1926).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Derek Bailey ranks 274. Before him are Sharleen Spiteri (1967), Holly Johnson (1960), David Cross (1949), Glenn Cornick (1947), Mick Abrahams (1943), and Howard Jones (1955). After him are Topper Headon (1955), Mike Ratledge (1943), John Edwards (1953), Steve Clark (1960), Sophie Muller (1962), and Richard Ashcroft (1971).

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