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MUSICIAN

Eric Woolfson

1945 - 2009

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Eric Norman Woolfson (18 March 1945 – 2 December 2009) was a Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist, and co-creator of the band the Alan Parsons Project, who sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Woolfson has received more than 724,227 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Woolfson is the 578th most popular musician (up from 660th in 2019), the 1,813th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,004th in 2019) and the 106th most popular British Musician.

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  • 720k

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  • 53.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Eric Woolfson ranks 578 out of 2,662Before him are Maria Yudina, David A. Stewart, Chad Smith, Lev Oborin, Tico Torres, and Rachid Taha. After him are Edgar Froese, DJ BoBo, Victor Young, Tim Rice, Paul Tortelier, and Phil Lynott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Eric Woolfson ranks 179Before him are Betty Davis, Eizo Yuguchi, Nick Simper, Roland Joffé, Divine, and Gabriela Andersen-Schiess. After him are Douglas Hofstadter, Roger Chartier, Julio Morales, Maryla Rodowicz, Richard Long, and Richard Henderson. Among people deceased in 2009, Eric Woolfson ranks 108Before him are Manea Mănescu, Robert Enke, Stephen Toulmin, Al Martino, Samak Sundaravej, and Yegor Gaidar. After him are Susanna Agnelli, John Hughes, Marilyn Chambers, Willy DeVille, Vyacheslav Ivankov, and Gene Barry.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Woolfson ranks 1,813 out of 7,765Before him are David A. Stewart (1952), Reginald Johnston (1874), Taron Egerton (1989), John A. Hobson (1858), Edward Walter Maunder (1851), and Michael Jackson (1942). After him are Spencer Perceval (1762), John Lydon (1956), Stephen Langton (1150), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), Tim Rice (1944), and John Fastolf (1380).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Eric Woolfson ranks 106Before him are Alan Walker (1997), The Edge (1961), Nick Simper (1945), Andy Fletcher (1961), Dido (1971), and David A. Stewart (1952). After him are Tim Rice (1944), Phil Lynott (1949), Alan Wilder (1959), Tony Sheridan (1940), Hilton Valentine (1943), and Elvis Costello (1954).