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Eric Burdon

1941 - Today

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Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously the lead vocalist of the R&B and rock band the Animals and the funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Burdon has received more than 5,978,982 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Eric Burdon is the 197th most popular singer (down from 120th in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 565th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Singer.

Eric Burdon is most famous for being the lead singer of the British rock band The Animals.

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  • 6.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Eric Burdon ranks 197 out of 4,381. Before him are Mario Lanza, Otis Redding, Bob Geldof, Courtney Love, Kyu Sakamoto, and Zucchero Fornaciari. After him are Udo Jürgens, Viktor Tsoi, Alessandro Moreschi, David Coverdale, Anastacia, and Valery Leontiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Eric Burdon ranks 87. Before him are Tom Conti, Sergio Oliva, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Josip Skoblar, Otis Redding, and Kyu Sakamoto. After him are Aimé Jacquet, Kenji Tochio, Eduardo Duhalde, Stephen Frears, Anne Rice, and Martin Evans.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Burdon ranks 818 out of 8,785. Before him are John Ray (1627), Tim Roth (1961), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), John Harrison (1693), Edmund Cartwright (1743), and Thomas Cole (1801). After him are John Berger (1926), Kim Cattrall (1956), Dylan Thomas (1914), Edward Kelley (1555), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), and E. M. Forster (1879).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Eric Burdon ranks 23. Before him are Annie Lennox (1954), Bryan Ferry (1945), Chris Norman (1950), Dua Lipa (1995), Chris Rea (1951), and Tom Jones (1940). After him are David Coverdale (1951), Rob Halford (1951), Petula Clark (1932), Van Morrison (1945), Shane MacGowan (1957), and Victoria Beckham (1974).

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