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 793,806 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Eric Woolfson is the 670th most popular musician (down from 576th in 2019), the 1,998th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,808th in 2019) and the 121st most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Eric Woolfson ranks 670 out of 3,175. Before him are Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Roger Hodgson, Mick Mars, Jeff Hanneman, Nikolai Zverev, and Jan Akkerman. After him are Chas Chandler, Peter Schreier, Chaka Khan, Benny Golson, Harold Faltermeyer, and Robert Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Eric Woolfson ranks 220. Before him are Leonid Popov, Steve Gadd, Richard Long, John Leslie, Wilfried Van Moer, and Edwin Catmull. After him are Ferdi Tayfur, Barbara Kruger, Eric Roth, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Francesca Annis, and Svetlana Gerasimenko. Among people deceased in 2009, Eric Woolfson ranks 125. Before him are Pierre Harmel, Tayeb Salih, Ken Annakin, Alda Merini, Zbigniew Religa, and Béla Király. After him are Rosanna Schiaffino, Hong Song-nam, Johannes Mario Simmel, Robert Holdstock, Walter Cronkite, and Anselmo Duarte.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Woolfson ranks 1,998 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin Renfrew (1937), Dennis W. Sciama (1926), Tom Hiddleston (1981), George Mary Searle (1839), John Kerr (1824), and William Smith (1813). After him are John Butler Yeats (1839), Michael Dummett (1925), Joe Davis (1901), Unity Mitford (1914), Chas Chandler (1938), and Edward Cave (1691).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Eric Woolfson ranks 121. Before him are Damon Albarn (1968), Mike Rutherford (1950), Ian Hill (1952), David Knopfler (1952), Tony Banks (1950), and Roger Hodgson (1950). After him are Chas Chandler (1938), Robert Smith (1959), Alan Price (1942), Bill Bruford (1949), The Edge (1961), and Rick Davies (1944).

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