MUSICIAN

Gerry Marsden

1942 - 2021

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Gerard Marsden MBE (24 September 1942 – 3 January 2021) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers. He was the younger brother of fellow band member Freddie Marsden. Gerry and the Pacemakers had the distinction of being the first act to have their first three recordings go to number 1 in the UK charts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerry Marsden has received more than 1,333,436 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerry Marsden is the 2,168th most popular musician (down from 1,710th in 2019), the 5,467th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,350th in 2019) and the 364th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gerry Marsdens by language

Over the past year Gerry Marsden has had the most page views in the with 145,797 views, followed by German (6,381), and Dutch (4,504). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (88.09%), Simple English (82.69%), and Welsh (33.00%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gerry Marsden ranks 2,168 out of 3,175. Before him are Dale Crover, Hank Ballard, Marcella Detroit, DJ Antoine, Chris Wolstenholme, and Joakim Brodén. After him are Larry Young, Ibrahim Maalouf, Hevia, Beatrice Ohanessian, Tom Paxton, and Oscar Levant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Gerry Marsden ranks 659. Before him are Ozren Bonačić, Antonio Munguía, Samuel Ramey, Elvin Bishop, Mridula Sinha, and Bob Love. After him are Jon Kyl, Susan Hill, Robert L. Stewart, Tommy Roe, Connie Hawkins, and Paul Jones. Among people deceased in 2021, Gerry Marsden ranks 612. Before him are Valentina Sidorova, Mario Osbén, Surekha Sikri, Arthur Kopit, Naohiro Ikeda, and Margreth Weivers. After him are Igor Zhelezovski, Gillian Sheen, Mike Gravel, John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, David Amess, and Fofi Gennimata.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerry Marsden ranks 5,467 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Curran (1969), Howard Hodgkin (1932), Wes Brown (1979), Chris Wolstenholme (1978), Ronnie Allen (1929), and Alexander Wilson (1766). After him are Edna Best (1900), Neil Warnock (1948), Paula Radcliffe (1973), Gillian Sheen (1928), Patrick Steptoe (1913), and Emma Chambers (1964).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Gerry Marsden ranks 364. Before him are Steve Hewitt (1971), Barriemore Barlow (1949), Cecil Sharp (1859), Jeffrey Hammond (1946), Ellie Goulding (1986), and Chris Wolstenholme (1978). After him are Des'ree (1968), Ian Mosley (1953), Andrew Davis (1944), Andy Powell (1950), Steven Isserlis (1958), and Dominic Howard (1977).

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