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Elkie Brooks

1945 - Today

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Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder; 25 February 1945) is an English rock, blues and jazz singer. She was a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe, and later became a solo artist. She gained her biggest success in the late 1970s and 1980s, releasing 13 UK Top 75 singles, and reached the top ten with "Pearl's a Singer", "Sunshine After the Rain" (both 1977), "Fool (If You Think It's Over) (1981), and "No More the Fool" (1986). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elkie Brooks has received more than 1,450,803 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Elkie Brooks is the 2,575th most popular singer, the 6,241st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 244th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Elkie Brooks ranks 2,575 out of 4,381. Before her are MakSim, Ella Mae Morse, Anoushka Shankar, Lou, Tiffany Darwish, and The D.O.C.. After her are Anna Sedokova, Mai Charoenpura, Park Gyu-ri, Victoria Spivey, DQ, and Dan Bittman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Elkie Brooks ranks 666. Before her are Byron Beck, Tommy Smith, Hassan Abshir Farah, Tom Ridge, Allan Stone, and Julie Heldman. After her are Tinnu Anand, Sandy Berger, Stephen Schneider, Harriet Miers, David Dukes, and Charlie Robinson.

Others Born in 1945

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elkie Brooks ranks 6,241 out of 8,785. Before her are Chris Coleman (1970), Brian McClair (1963), George Etherege (1635), Lee Dixon (1964), Stanley Middleton (1919), and Adrian Metcalfe (1942). After her are Dave Sexton (1930), Colin Todd (1948), Rachel Hurd-Wood (1990), Thomas Sopwith (1888), Charley Boorman (1966), and Raquel Cassidy (1968).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Elkie Brooks ranks 244. Before her are Rag'n'Bone Man (1985), Paolo Nutini (1987), Natasha Bedingfield (1981), 21 Savage (1992), Muriel Day (1942), and Anoushka Shankar (1981). After her are Mark E. Smith (1957), Julian Marley (1975), Antony Costa (1981), Tina Cousins (1974), Maddy Prior (1947), and Florence Welch (1986).

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