MUSICIAN

Dick Parry

1942 - Today

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Richard Parry (born 22 December 1942) is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums, most notably in solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and "Wearing the Inside Out". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Parry has received more than 292,787 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Dick Parry is the 980th most popular musician (down from 913th in 2019), the 2,646th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,523rd in 2019) and the 165th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dick Parries by language

Over the past year Dick Parry has had the most page views in the with 37,053 views, followed by French (6,310), and German (5,118). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (213.75%), Egyptian Arabic (68.70%), and Esperanto (51.16%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dick Parry ranks 980 out of 3,175. Before him are Gábor Szabó, Corey Taylor, Candy Dulfer, Daron Malakian, Phil Campbell, and Charlie Haden. After him are Wolf Hoffmann, Ted Nugent, John Mayer, Tommy Thayer, Michael Weikath, and Ivan Lins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Dick Parry ranks 331. Before him are Toyohiro Akiyama, Bill Ivy, Erika Blanc, Chantal Goya, Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, and Adolf Ogi. After him are Huey P. Newton, Phil Esposito, Kenneth Welsh, János Farkas, Thomas Hammarberg, and Ilija Pantelić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dick Parry ranks 2,646 out of 8,785. Before him are Agnes Baden-Powell (1858), Thomas Gage (1719), Ian Wright (1963), Phil Campbell (1961), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), and Henry Cole (1808). After him are Joey Dunlop (1952), Ernest Mason Satow (1843), Constance Lloyd (1858), Georgette Heyer (1902), Dave Legeno (1963), and William Curtis (1746).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Dick Parry ranks 165. Before him are Bernie Marsden (1951), Simon Phillips (1957), Ian McDonald (1946), Phil Manzanera (1951), Simon Wright (1963), and Phil Campbell (1961). After him are Glen Matlock (1956), Dennis Stratton (1952), Brian Connolly (1945), Alan White (1949), Trevor Pinnock (1946), and John McVie (1945).

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