MUSICIAN

Gail Ann Dorsey

1962 - Today

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Gail Ann Dorsey (born November 20, 1962) is an American musician. With a long career as a session musician mainly on bass guitar, she performed regularly in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to Bowie's last tour in 2004. Aside from playing bass, she sang lead vocals on live versions of "Under Pressure" (taking the part originally sung by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury) and dueted with Bowie on other songs, including "The London Boys", "Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?)", "I Dig Everything", accompanying Bowie on clarinet, and a cover of Laurie Anderson's "O Superman". From 1993 to 1996, Dorsey also recorded and toured with Tears for Fears, and collaborated on songwriting with the band. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gail Ann Dorsey has received more than 1,096,726 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gail Ann Dorsey is the 1,656th most popular musician (up from 2,165th in 2019), the 8,314th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,349th in 2019) and the 609th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gail Ann Dorsey ranks 1,656 out of 3,175. Before her are Maxi Jazz, Heath, Erykah Badu, ASAP Rocky, Maxim Vengerov, and Hossein Alizadeh. After her are Mick Avory, J. B. Lenoir, Paul Kalkbrenner, Mia Zapata, Brian Littrell, and Darude.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Gail Ann Dorsey ranks 330. Before her are Fernando Martín Espina, Nia Vardalos, Héctor Enrique, Gene Anthony Ray, Nabil Maâloul, and Lisa Randall. After her are Tracy Austin, Margherita Buy, Vasily Nebenzya, Sara Danius, Mark Haddon, and Ahn Cheol-soo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gail Ann Dorsey ranks 8,314 out of 20,380. Before her are Ricky Schroder (1970), Tenley Albright (1935), Marcus Hurley (1883), Jesse Helms (1921), Brandon deWilde (1942), and David Raksin (1912). After her are Tracy Austin (1962), Timothy Bottoms (1951), Larry McMurtry (1936), J. B. Lenoir (1929), Joseph Strickland (1958), and Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Gail Ann Dorsey ranks 609. Before her are Arthur Lee (1945), Roy Estrada (1943), Peter Buck (1956), Rob Bourdon (1979), Erykah Badu (1971), and ASAP Rocky (1988). After her are J. B. Lenoir (1929), Mia Zapata (1965), Brian Littrell (1975), Pepper Adams (1930), Jake E. Lee (1957), and Jim Gordon (1945).

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