MUSICIAN

Eddie Clarke

1950 - 2018

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Edward Allan Clarke (5 October 1950 – 10 January 2018), better known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke or simply "Fast" Eddie, was a British guitarist who was a member of heavy metal bands Fastway and Motörhead. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddie Clarke has received more than 615,951 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Eddie Clarke is the 876th most popular musician (down from 728th in 2019), the 2,437th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,154th in 2019) and the 150th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Eddie Clarke ranks 876 out of 3,175. Before him are Layne Staley, Hugh McDonald, Pete Burns, Philip Catherine, Francis Cabrel, and Sally Oldfield. After him are Pitbull, Lang Lang, Tommy Dorsey, John Norum, Ray Brown, and James Burton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Eddie Clarke ranks 219. Before him are Kristina Wayborn, Renate Stecher, Joe Johnston, Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Werner Peter, and Hugh McDonald. After him are Julie Kavner, Peter Frampton, Amy Madigan, Vladimir Megre, Ivan Hlinka, and Nelsinho Baptista. Among people deceased in 2018, Eddie Clarke ranks 204. Before him are John Mahoney, Reinhard Hardegen, Henri Namphy, Siegfried Rauch, Leila Abashidze, and Leonid Kadeniuk. After him are Anneke Grönloh, David C. H. Austin, Dragutin Šurbek, Nikolai Karachentsov, Billy Herrington, and Tommy Lawrence.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eddie Clarke ranks 2,437 out of 8,785. Before him are William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), Philip Catherine (1942), Richard Bremmer (1953), Arthur Wynne (1871), Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478), and Thomas Wright (1711). After him are Ian Khama (1953), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Charles James Fox (1749), John Henry Mackay (1864), Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891), and John Shrapnel (1942).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Eddie Clarke ranks 150. Before him are Phil Taylor (1954), Snowy White (1948), Adam Clayton (1960), Mel Collins (1947), Pete Burns (1959), and Philip Catherine (1942). After him are Fatboy Slim (1963), Würzel (1949), Mick Ronson (1946), Carl Cox (1962), Simon Le Bon (1958), and James Galway (1939).

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